The Savage — Parris Afton Bonds

THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON SEEKS MAIDS FOR MARRIAGE TO BACHELOR PLANTERS -- MUST BE YOUNG, HANDSOME, AND HONESTLY EDUCATED.

Fleeing from arrest in London, Modesty Brown headed for the safety of wedding bliss in the New World. But the saucy wench had no sooner arrived in Virginia than a ruthless nobleman accused her of witchcraft and she had to marry a downright savage or burn at the stake.

In buckskins and a breechclout, Mad Dog Jones wanted no part of a wife or family -- or anything else that would remind him of his tortured past. Yet in the virgin forests of the newfound colony, Mad Dog and Modesty blazed a trail of passion that would make him the master of the untamed land and her the mistress of his lonely heart.