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Anonymous
Posted March 4, 2003
Young Genna Whitworth and Eli Blaylock were told as children that they were wrong for one another. She was from wealth and he a poor Conch boy. Yet their friendship was fast until one violent night of fire and death tore them apart. Seventeen years later they are reunited under quite different circumstances. Genna flees from the unspeakable advances of her cruel brother-in-law only to be shipwrecked and rescued by the man she believd dead. As Genna slowly mends, she and Eli rediscover their past attraction, while he battles against honor in the matter of his fiancee, the daughter of his mentor and benefactor. Author Colleen Easton knows how to tighten the screws of her plot, how to box in her characters until the reader can't figure out how things can possibly work out. No predicable outcomes here, rather there are excellent twists and turns.
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Posted October 9, 2002
Set in the 1850's of Key West. Genevieve "Genna" Whitworth was from a Boston high class family. She met Eli Blaylock as a child. While her father studied the people and the area of the Indian Keys, Eli and Genna became friends. But a Seminole Indian attack changed it all. Neither knew if the other survived. <BR><BR> Almost twenty years later, Fate put them together again. Genna had been living with her married sister. Her brother-in-law, Professor Theo Drummond, was an author of natural histories. Genna received no credit for her amazing illustrations. She never minded. However, Theo began slipping drugs in her drinks and trying to seduce her. Once he all but succeeded. Genna did the only thing she could think of, she ran. She wanted to reach her brother, Hans. Instead, she ended up shipwrecked and badly wounded. Eli rescued her. <BR><BR> Eli had become a sea captain. His crew was in charge of the salvage operation. He was engaged to Abbie, who was from a prominent family in the area. Abbie took care of Genna as she healed. Eli and Genna still cared for each other and their attraction grew. Yet Eli believed Genna had abandoned him all those years ago and harbored hard feelings. He knew Genna was running from something or someone, but she would not share her fear. She became terrified when she learned Theo was en route to pick her up and take her home. Eli was determined to find out why. <BR><BR> **** That is the main plot. The author, Colleen Easton (a.k.a. Colleen Thompson) keeps the attention of the readers by slowly revealing the horrors of the Seminole attack on that fateful night so long ago. In addition, secondary characters seem to have lives all their own! A few extra plots roll in the background making the suspense build to an even higher pitch. <BR><BR> <I>A seductive story that I highly recommend. This author is a gem!</I> **** </p><BR>
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