Chrysta Mane -- Genres: Historical Romance/Regency Historical Romance
Target Audience: Adult females
The literary muse reared its head many years ago and, as such, I have been writing Historical Romance through the years of raising my children and finishing college.
Now the kids are grown and successfully on their own, and I am diligently writing in the hope of producing the next New York Times Best Seller.
The first chapters of one of my completed works are uploaded for your reading pleasure.
www.chrystamane.weebly.com
Heart's Desire
by Chrysta Mane
Forced to trade a ship's deck for land, Jason Batemann never expected a chance meeting with a fiery Southern belle to irrevocably change his life.
As sailor cannot ignore the siren call of the sea, a heart cannot deny true love. Hardened against love by women more desirous of money and titles than the man alone, Jason Batemann is captivated by a young dark-eyed southern belle during a chance encounter on a northbound coach. All too soon he finds himself doing things completely out of the character, including the desire to make her his mistress, even as his pending marriage to another draws closer.
Both of her parents now dead, Ariana Gaylord is left to run the family plantation while fending off unwanted attentions and proposals. Merely sixteen, she has no idea what it means to be in love with a man, the special kind that binds, envelops, humbles. Yet the kiss of a tall, handsome stranger on a northbound coach stirs a craving her heart finds too difficult to ignore.
Love's tendrils have begun to weave into their hearts, into the very essence of their souls. Will they stop fighting fate? Yield to love’s siren call?
Forced to trade a ship's deck for land, Jason Batemann never expected a chance meeting with a fiery Southern belle to irrevocably change his life.
As sailor cannot ignore the siren call of the sea, a heart cannot deny true love. Hardened against love by women more desirous of money and titles than the man alone, Jason Batemann is captivated by a young dark-eyed southern belle during a chance encounter on a northbound coach. All too soon he finds himself doing things completely out of the character, including the desire to make her his mistress, even as his pending marriage to another draws closer.
Both of her parents now dead, Ariana Gaylord is left to run the family plantation while fending off unwanted attentions and proposals. Merely sixteen, she has no idea what it means to be in love with a man, the special kind that binds, envelops, humbles. Yet the kiss of a tall, handsome stranger on a northbound coach stirs a craving her heart finds too difficult to ignore.
Love's tendrils have begun to weave into their hearts, into the very essence of their souls. Will they stop fighting fate? Yield to love’s siren call?
Love Me, Love Me Not
