The Merchant's Yield: 2 (The Leeward Islands)

It was a marriage of inconvenience but life has a wicked sense of humor.Charlotte Amelia Etheridge has cowered to her mothers sharp tongue and endless demands for the last time. In a fleeting moment of rebellion she recklessly asks a foreigner from the Leeward Islands for a dance. But her one courageous act lands her in a compromising position. Forced to wed a stranger Lottie leaves the only home shes ever known to reside on the isle of St. Kitts.Nathaniel Winthrops troubles are mounting and the rumors of him being cursed are spreading. Due to the dwindling sugar crop he risks everything to start his own shipping company. The last thing he needs is a wife especially one with a weak constitution. Yellow fever has already claimed the lives of his mother and siblings. He must guard his heart against falling in love with this gentle beauty knowing island life will be a death sentence.No longer under her mothers scrutiny the newfound freedom of the island rejuvenates Lotties spirit. If her days on this earth are limited then its time she lives life to the full. Now its up to her to prove that even though Nathan was coerced into marrying her shes the one he cant live without.