SHE WAS A RAVEN-HAIRED BEAUTY, AND HEIRESS AND HER MOTHER'S PRISONER — Laurie Stepney's fortune was coveted by her profligate mother. Trapped in London's gaudy social whirl. Laurie longed to escape but only marriage could free her from her mother's claim to her wealth.
In a moment of desperate impulse, Laurie arranges to wed David Covington, master of a vast plantation on the troubled island of Barbados. He must have an heir to his name but can love be part of their bargain?