The Bartered Bride

by Mary Jo Putney

Other authorsMichael Page (Reader)

Cassette Audiobook , 2002

Status

Available

Call number

813

Publication

Brilliance Audio (2004), Edition: Unabridged Audiobook, 8 Cassette Tapes, 11 hrs 42 mins

Description

Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:After building a fortune in the exotic East, American adventurer and merchant prince Gavin Elliott sets his sails for London to begin a new life. Then fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies where a European woman faces degradation and peril. Though saving her may cost Gavin his life, he cannot refuse to help the fierce beauty who touches his heart and soul with her indomitable spirit. Alexandra Warren is returning home from Australia as a widow and mother when a pirate attack condemns her to a life of servitude. A miracle arrives in the form of a steely-eyed Yankee captain, whose reckless courage wins them freedom and a safe passage home to London. Intimate strangers joined by too many secrets, they slowly begin to heal the past with attraction and tenderness--until an old enemy reaches out to threaten the passionate love Gavin has found with his irresistible bartered bride. From the Paperback edition..… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member scgervais

Haven't read a romantic novel in eons, but it was pretty good. I must preface this by saying that I listened to this book and the narrator was good.

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LibraryThing member Alhickey1

One of the settings is on an island in the East Indies.

LibraryThing member N.W.Moors

Gavin Elliott is on his way to London to finally settle down after spending the last years as a trader in the Far East. He plans to expand his shipping empire but a stop on an island causes a delay as he bargains to free an Englishwoman enslaved by pirates.
I enjoyed this series quite a bit. This

book is a fine finish to the trilogy with adventure and romance creating an exciting story. I really liked the first part as Gavin and Alexandra go through their trials and get to know each other. Gavin was first introduced in The China Bride and is a wonderful hero here, gentle and kind to both Alexandra and her daughter. Alex is brave, enduring a lot during her enslavement, but I had to take one star off for her boneheaded behavior once she's home. She's too smart to walk into a trap in the way she does here in my opinion.
The Bride Trilogy been a good historical series, incorporating the Far East with Regency London in a unique manner. I've really enjoyed it and recommend it.

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