"What if you had to chose between twins?"

Elizabeth Rosanna Montgomery is alone after her parents are killed in a carriage accident. Now she had to handle all the business holdings her father had left. When she tries to collect the rent at the Iron Boar Tavern, the innkeeper gives her a hard time and it's only the help of a stranger that saves her. He offers her his jacket as the front of her dress is ripped.

Wanting to return the jacket, Elizabeth finds out that the stranger is Benjamin Ascott Elliott, a shipping tycoon. When she goes to the shipyard to return his property, he is not what she remembers. Before she knows it she is trapped in his cabin and he has his way with her. Afterwards, she decides she is going to make him pay so she goes to the judge to order Benjamin to marry her. The only problem now that she is married to Benjamin is that it was his twin Franklin that had his way with her.

Elizabeth's attorney tells her that her father's debts just wiped out her wealth. Now the only thing she has is Benjamin and he went out to sea after their last fight. The only way to get to him is by traveling with Franklin. That's where the fun begins.

THE PITS OF PASSION is described as a historical romance satire. It has a little bit of everything in it. If there is a situation that you ever wanted to see in a novel, this one has it. It is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Ms. Flame did a great job of tying up all the loose ends. If you want something out of the ordinary this is for you.

Reviewed by Patricia McGrew
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 14, 2003

Summary

Young, nubile Elizabeth Montgomery is too beautiful for her own good. Accosted by lust-struck males every time she appears in public, she is profoundly grateful when sea captain Benjamin Elliott saves her from a would-be ravisher. Her gratitude, however, turns to shock when Elliott himself seduces her and ruins her chances for an honorable marriage.

Sealed to the man in an arranged marriage, Elizabeth rides the surging tide of shock and denial, lust and love, as she is swept from the manicured gardens of England to the savage shores of Africa and the wilds of the New World, never quite sure which Captain Elliott is the man she loves.