Black Jade — Angeline Taylor

A Strange Love

Amler Ballard, illegitimate son of an English nobleman, fled to Haiti to escape the shame of his birth. There he became very wealthy. Then he met Lady Catherine Dunsberry. When Catherine's father offered his daughter's hand and a title in return for part of the Ballard fortune, Amler accepted. He was determined to return to England rich and respectable. But on their wedding night, his wife withheld the wild love Ballard needed to match his own desires. So he returned to his dusky mistress Jade.