Silver Jasmine

From the back cover: Slender as a reed, and as ready as fawn to flee a man's touch... yet 17 yr old Tess had mettle too, though it could not prevent her cruel step-father from gambling her honor in a card game...or Morgan Hamilton's forcing her into his marriage bed. Morgan Hamilton...soldier, Scotsman, enigma. How Tess longed to love him... she who could not trust any man! Only on their tropical isle, only at her new plantation home, a land seething with slavery and vengeance, could tess grow to understand Morgan... and the ways of her own heart. ======================================== And my review: This wasn't a bad book, in fact,I would consider it pretty decent one, considering it was written in 1980. Of course this means, its pretty out dated for a romance and not politically correct, as in, yes, you will see rape scenes in this book. So if stuff like this bother you then I suggest you skip this. As a reader, when I look through romance reviews, I also look to see if the romance book has any cheating/ infidelities. In this book, there was no cheating done, however, the hero does get tempted but does not go through with it. This is a tale about a mistreated girl, saved by a ex-sailor who's been granted a chance at different way of life by inheriting a plantation, their struggle to make a life for themselves in the untamed land. Fighting against slavery, learning to love.... Over all it was not a bad book, I would've given it a solid 4 stars if some parts of the books did not piss me off. LOL. There are much worst out there, I wrote this huge review because I did not think this book deserved 1 star over all.