She even rejects one because his shirt is fraying a bit at the edges. Why does she do this? To get her father off her back, because she’s so spoiled that every man she meets, she finds fault with. Originally published in 1977, Shanna tells the tale of a spoiled little rich girl and the convicted criminal turned bondsman (which is a nicer way of saying “slave who works to pay off their debt and eventually can go free but are treated like trash by anyone with a title”) whom she marries in order to gain a name. 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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