Mary Burton, The Lightkeeper's Woman

The Lightkeeper's Woman

Mary Burton

Harlequin Historical, Feb 2004

ISBN: 0373292937

In 1884 in his will her father asked Alanna Patterson to deliver a box to Caleb Pitt in Easton, North Carolina. She would prefer to forget Caleb, the man she always loved, but who rejected her offer of empathy and left her behind as he wallows in guilt. Still, Alanna honors her dad's request.

Former sea Captain Caleb Pitt lives in disgrace accompanied only by his feelings of guilt. His nightmares run rampant as he was the only survivor of the Intrepid, a ship he captained that sank. Filled with remorse and pain, Caleb hides on an isolated barrier reef off the North Carolina coast as a lightkeeper. A hermit saving lives from a distance is the life he believes he deserves. However, Alanna has arrived on his Outer Banks remote rock. She wants to hold him until he heals and even after that, but will he let her though he still loves her like she does him.

THE LIGHTKEEPER'S WOMAN is an exciting second chance at love historical romance that hooks the viewers by letting them feeling the anguish of Caleb and empathizing with the inability of Alanna to reach him. The story line enables the audience to feel the isolation of residing on an isolated reef so much so that readers will feel they are there. Fans of deep tales with strong protagonists will take immense delight with the terrific tormented tale of Alanna and Caleb, two souls searching for solace that can only be found with one another.

Harriet Klausner