title: The Golden Sovereigns
author: Carew, Jocelyn
description: DESTINY OF FIRE!
  
  Surging with passion and epic power, GOLDEN SOVEREIGNS sweeps from the proud family estates of England to the exotic West Indies to the sprawling plantations of the Virginia colony -- and, against the pageantry and adventure of an enthralling age, reveals the fiery spirit of a beautiful woman destined for blazing desire.
  
  Thrust into the tumultuous events of two continents -- and into the lustful embraces of men of high and low station -- Carmody Petrie braves enslavement, danger, and royal intrigue to conquer her tormentors ... and to seal, in the arms of the adoring Mark Tennant, their fated bond of surpassing love.
  
  CRUEL BETRAYAL!
  Lovely, russet-haired Carmody Petrie was sole mistress of Oaklands, the family estate, even before her twenty-first birthday. But though she ran it with grace and wisdom, she could not prevent her brother from losing all they possessed in games of chance.
  
  PERILOUS INTRIGUE!
  Soon she was at the mercy of the ruthless duke of Monmouth, bastard son of King Charles II. Already he had won the deed to Oaklands, and sought to win the throne of England. How soon would it be before he had won Carmody's honor -- stealing her virtue as well as her fortune?
  
  BLAZING ROMANCE!
  On the high seas and in glittering ballrooms, in chambers, of bondage and gamblers' lairs, Carmody defied the raging passions and stormy adventures of England, Jamaica, and the Virginia colony -- drawn to the arms of many men, but to the heart of only one!