To escape the tragedy of her past Analee Gilbretta assumes the identity of another woman and travels to Hatteras Island to nurse an elderly couple. Then, a handsome rogue arrives to take revenge against the woman Analee pretends to be. Instead he discovers a mutual attraction neither of them can ignore....
Dixie Burrus was born on September 09, 1930 in North Carolina's Outer Banks, U.S.A, where her family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams. Her father was the professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus, she has two sisters, Mary and Sarah Burrus.
Dixie is an artist and romance writer. She began writting contemporany romance novels as Zoe Dozier, now she writes her contemporary romances with her married name, Dixie Browning, and historical romances with her sister, Mary Burrus Williams as Brownwyn Williams, one combination of their married names. She has been awarded a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and been a five-time RITA finalist. She has also won three Maggies, and numerous awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the NC Press Club.
Despite the author’s own 1 star rating, I enjoyed this story—and the cover is lovely.
The description of the book I am listing below is from the back jacket of the book. I'm adding it because I believe the one on the Goodreads page does not depict this story.
ENDANGERED Fleeing a tragic past, Ana Gilbretta's last hope is isolated Hatteras Island. Here, amid the shimmering beaches and sparkling waters of the North Carolina coast, she hopes to find refuge-and peace. But in her need to escape, she had assumed the identity of another woman who bore a striking resemblance to her. Now that lie is about to be exposed, as danger comes to the Outer Banks ...a danger called Brandon McKnight.
ENRAPTURED Driven by vengeance, Brandon believes he has finally foam; the scheming beauty responsible for his brother's death. But he didn't predict that she would prove as enchanting as this lush island Eden. Or that gentle waves of passion would sweep them both beyond the secrets that divide them, to a place where two wary hearts could hope again...and a man and woman would be given one last chance at love.
Historical romance in this case means 200 pages about the broody North Carolinian coastline, and then finally some highly-euphemized and unsatisfying sex. Despite having written this myself, I give it one star, and that's being nice.