The Stonecutter's Daughter by Janet Woods

Finding themselves mutually dependent, Alexander and Joanna's initial animosity gradually dissolves into a passionate attraction. Horrified at the thought that he might have married his own daughter, Tobias fakes his own death and sets sail for Australia, leaving Joanna in the care of his second-in-command, Alexander Morcant. However, soon after the wedding, Tobias gets a nasty shock when he discovers Joanna's childhood cradle - because he carved it himself for his daughter. When Tobias suggests that he and Joanna should get married, the desperate girl feels she has no choice but to agree. She is rescued by a middle-aged sea captain, Tobias Darsham, who is making a pilgrimage to visit his wife's grave. 5.0 out of 5 stars Stonecutters daughter Reviewed in the United States on AugBrought up on the island of Portland off Englands rugged south coast, Joanna Rushmore thinks the stonecutter is her father - in fact he saved a baby in a cradle from a wrecked ship and gave her to his childless wife to raise as their own. The Rushmores never tell their adopted daughter the truth about her origins, but on the death of Joseph and his wife, when the girl, Joanna, is 16, she finds herself at the mercy of her abusive and violent Rushmore cousins. As Joseph's wife has just given birth to a stillborn child, the couple decide to keep the infant girl. What it brings instead is a baby in a cradle. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Having fallen on hard times, doctors daughter Grace Ellis serves as a ladys companion. When a ship is wrecked in a storm off the Portland coast, a taciturn stonecutter by the name of Joseph Rushmore sends his rescue dog to haul in plunder. Buy The Stonecutters Daughter by Woods, Janet from Amazons Fiction Books Store. But Can It Turn Into A True Love Match 1815.

The Stonecutter's Daughter by Janet Woods