The Golden Pirate — Phyllis Taylor Pianka

"I neither invited you nor consider you welcome in this house."

Susan Harcourt's "uncle" Richard stood before her like a blond, bronzed statue, shirt open to the waist, one eye blazing at her, the other hidden behind an ominous black patch.

Had she uprooted her life and come to the island paradise of St. Thomas only to be greeted with hostility by a man totally unlike anyone she'd ever known? And yet Susan couldn't keep herself from wondering what it would be like to share his name, to belong to him. The thought sent a flood of warmth racing through her veins. She yearned to hold him in her arms, but did she dare?