Tender Fortune — Judith E. French

LOVE'S CHERISHED TREASURE

Trembling with fear, Charity Brown let her shapeless woolen gown fall to the ships deck and, with a silent prayer dived naked into the dark waters of Chesapeake Bay. In the distance lay the moonlit shores of the American colonies--and freedom!

And when she glided down the grand staircase of one of Maryland's finest estates--introduced as the mistress's niece--no one suspected for a moment that she was Charity Brown, an escaped prisoner of the Crown. Charity's plan to secure her future with a good marriage was assured... until Jamie Drummond changed everything.

Jamie -- an adventurer on the run, a man without wealth or position--he could offer her nothing... except a passion that set her heart on fire. And in the ecstasy of total surrender they discovered a love more cherished than all the world's riches.