My Darling Kate

Zebra Date: July 1997
ISBN: 0-8217-5686-9

A sensual historical romance set in the eighteenth century Maryland Colony.

On the shores of the Chesapeake, Nicholas Talbot scans the faces of the disembarking passengers for his beloved Alyssa, who sailed from England to the Maryland Colony to be his bride and mistress of his plantation. But to his shock, he finds himself facing her older sister Kate, who announces Alyssa has fallen in love with another man and that she has come to take her place. Kate tries to conceal her humiliation at Nicholas's cruel rejection. Her own traitorous passion for her sister's fiance won out when Alyssa begged Kate to travel to the Colonies in her stead. Though the plight of Nicholas's orphaned young cousins gives Kate a reason to stay, each day is a torment of unrequited desire. Then, just as a fragile trust begins to grow between Nicholas and Kate, Alyssa arrives in America, ready to claim what is hers -- daring Kate to fight for the man and the love she refuses to surrender at any cost.

Reviews:

"My Darling Kate is exceptional. The romance is touching and passionate. Elizabeth Graham is a marvelous storyteller. A book by her is a guaranteed keeper."
- Kristina Wright, The Literary Times

"My Darling Kate is an exciting Colonial American romance due to the superb lead characters and the two little girls. Electrifying Elizabeth Graham continues to grow as one of the top romance writers of Colonial America."
- Harriet Klausner, Affaire De Coeur--4\ Stars.

EXCERPT:

Kate raised her head, knowing her expression must reveal her near panic. Nicholas gazed down at her, and the look on his face stopped her tumbling thoughts and half-formed fears.

His dark eyes burned into hers, searing away her doubts until all that left in her mind and heart was the love and desire she felt for him.

He placed the candle on the mantel then came back to her. She moved into his arms as if she'd done it a hundred times, parting her lips in anticipation of his kiss.

Nicholas did not make her wait overlong before his mouth covered his, his lips moving across furs, leaving heat behind wherever he touched.

"Oh, God, Kate," he whispered, his warm breath fluttering inside her mouth. "I have wanted you so long. From the first night you came here."

And what else, she burned to ask him. Is there more to the feeling you have for me this night than the need of a man for a woman?

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