And no hangman’s noose will keep Ruark from the bride- and ecstasy-that he craves. For no iron ever forged can imprison his resolute passion. Ruark Beauchamp’s destiny is now eternally intertwined with that of the tempestuous, intoxicating Shanna. In return for one night of unparalleled pleasure, a dashing condemned criminal consents to wed a beautiful heiress, thereby rescuing her from an impending and abhorred arranged union.īut in the fading echoes of hollow wedding vows, a solemn promise is broken, as a sensuous free spirit takes flight to a lush Caribbean paradise, abandoning the stranger she married to face the gallows unfulfilled. Woodiwiss comes one of her most iconic and beloved romances of all time…Ī pact is sealed in secret behind the foreboding walls of Newgate Prison. Historical romance released by Avon in 1977, republished in 2016 as part of their Diamond Anniversaryįrom New York Times bestselling author Kathleen E. Paige’s review of Shanna by Kathleen Woodiwiss
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