Isle of Rapture — June Wetherell

ISLE OF RAPTURE--OR CLIMATE OF DESPAIR...?

Separated from her parents after the British takeover of French Quebec, lovely young Nicole Pampel is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Plucked from the raging sea by handsome Patrick O'Keefe, innkeeper on the island of Guayacan, Nicole soon falls in love with her dashing rescuer. But Patrick is far less interested in her than are the women-hungry men who frequent his tavern.

Unable to cope with her budding sexuality, she is heartsick over his attentions to beautiful, aloof Alicia Saunders -- until, out of his own agonizing frustration, he turns to Nicole. But the ecstasy she finds in his arms is small comfort, for she quickly learns that she is merely a substitute lover to the man she adores.

And then fate takes a hand in the game of love, when a violent storm hits the island. As devastating fire, slashing rain, and high winds rage, Patrick makes a startling discovery, one that will change his life--and Nicole's....