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"Emotional story, appealling characters in an interesting locale"
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted March 15, 2003

Madeline Oxley's birth 22 years ago caused her mother's death. It's a fact her father has never let her forget. After years of watching her beautiful sister, Diana, receive her father's attention and love, she contends with his antipathy. Without warning, a small miracle occurs in Madeline's life. A surprise Read more...

"A pleasant historical with an interesting setting."
Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted April 23, 2003

Yorkshire, England, 1775 Madeline Oxley has harbored a secret love for her beautiful sister Diana's one-time suitor, Adam Coates, ever since she first met him when she was only seven years old. Diana rejected Adam to marry into the aristocracy and Adam has since been married and is now a widower. Read more...

A wealthy colonial landowner writes home to propose to the sweetheart of his youth, but a mix-up brings her younger sister instead. While they wait for the "right" sister to arrive, they must search deep for the will to resist what quickly becomes a forbidden passion.

Summary

Readers will be swept away to the British Colony of Nova Scotia in 1775, and caught up in the turbulent story of Adam Coates, a wealthy landowner who writes home to England to propose to the sweetheart of his youth. A mix-up brings her younger sister instead -- a child he barely remembers, a child who has blossomed beautifully into womanhood. While they wait for the "right" sister to arrive, they must both search deep for the will to resist what quickly becomes a forbidden passion.