It is the mid-seventeenth century and Lady Romilly Fielding, beautiful, rich and spoilt is travelling to Virginia to visit relatives who own plantations there. She is accompanied by her betrothed, whom she does not love, plus several other friends and servants, but there is a storm when they reac...
The light from crystal chandeliers played on jewel-hued Persian rugs and parquet flooring. The walls were lined with glass-fronted shelves containing leather-bound books. Large landscapes hung in gilded frames. There were heavily carved oak chairs and tables, a fireplace with a ceiling-high hood ...
Romilly was virtually a prisoner and Joshua forbidden her presence. He was not even permitted to bid her farewell before embarking for Jamaica. ‘It’s back to the island for us, then,’ Alvina commented, already bored with Cayona, although equipped with made-to-measure gowns...