Petals on the River Trade paperback - 1998
by kathleene woodiwiss
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- Good
- Paperback
Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies in her native Britain. Falsely convicted of thievery, she is shipped off in shackles to the colony of Virginia, where she is sold into indentured servitude to Gage Thornton. A widowed shipbuilder who needs a nanny for his two-year-old son, Gage is believed by many to have murdered his wife. But Shemaine finds Gage to be generous and caring, and soon they are falling in love--until grave danger from across the ocean threatens their blossoming romance.
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Details
- Title Petals on the River
- Author kathleene woodiwiss
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition F First Paperbac
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 560
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Avon Books, New York
- Date 1998-09-28
- Bookseller's Inventory # 10487
- ISBN 9780380798285 / 038079828X
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 6.93 x 4.26 x 1.24 in (17.60 x 10.82 x 3.15 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Man-woman relationships
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97029814
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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A proud and spirited woman whose life was stolen from her. . .A man of secrets accused of a terrible crime. . .In a place of new beginnings their destinies are joined--in a gloriously romantic new work from the incomparable storyteller.
The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable a women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life of privilege: by falsely convicting Shemaine of thievery and sending her in shackles to America, where she is to be sold in indentured servitude to the highest bidder.
In a bustling port city in the colony of Virginia, she becomes the servant of Gage Thornton--a shipbuilder with a young child in need of a nanny. And despite whispered rumors condemning the handsome widower for the untimely death of his wife, Shemaine cannot ignore her desire for this caring, generous and enigmatic stranger who silently aches with his growing need for her--even as grave peril reaches out from across a vast ocean to threaten their flowering love. The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life of privilege: by falsely convicting Shemaine of thievery and sending her in shackles to America, where she is to be sold in indentured servitude to the highest bidder.
In a bustling port city in the colony of Virginia, she becomes the servant of Gage Thornton-a shipbuilder with a young child in need of a nanny. And despite whispered rumors condemning the handsome widower for the untimely death of his wife, Shemaine cannot ignore her desire for this caring, generous and enigmatic stranger who silently aches with his growing need for her-even as grave peril reaches out from across a vast ocean to threaten their flowering love.
