The Lightkeeper's Woman

by Mary Burton

Their Grand Passion Had Burned Too Brightly To Survive

But faced with wedding another, Alanna Patterson was determined to reignite any smoldering embers of desire Caleb Pitt might still harbor for her. Would her brawny captain, now a solitary lighthouse keeper, rescue her from a sea of regrets? Or had tragedy both public and private sunk any hopes for a lasting love?

Caleb Pitt had once believed love was eternal as the sea, for Alanna Patterson had promised him forever. But despite her vow, she'd left him to drown in disgrace. Now, years later, she'd reappeared on a storm-tossed wave, beautiful as a siren…and just as seductive!

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Harlequin, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Harlequin Historical

217 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

Mary Burton, whose latest novel is THE LIES I TOLD, loves writing suspense, getting to know her characters, keeping up with law enforcement and forensic procedure, morning walks, baking, and tiny dachshunds. She also enjoys hunting down serial killers, which she does in her New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels. Library Journal has compared her work to that of Lisa Jackson and Lisa Gardner, and Fresh Fiction likened her writing to that of James Patterson.

Mary is routinely featured among the top ten writers in Amazon’s Author Rankings for romantic suspense, thriller and mystery. Upon publication, her novels, including NEVER LOOK BACK and BURN YOU TWICE, consistently rank high on the Kindle eBooks Store Bestseller List. Her novels CUT AND RUN and YOU'RE NOT SAFE were nominated for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Award for Romantic Suspense.

A Richmond native, Mary is the author of forty-five published novels and five novellas as Mary Burton and as Mary Ellen Taylor.

A member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., and Romance Writers of America, Mary is known for creating multiple suspense stories connected by characters and/or place.

Reviews

[Linda (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS)]

I read this historical romance pre-Goodreads. If I remember correctly he was a sea captain and his ship sunk. The guilt eats him alive and he became a loner: The Lightkeeper.

[Evelyn alfonzo]

Me encanta el estilo de esta autora

[Ushmi]

Better.
H's mood swings was annoying. One moment he wanted her to stay in next moment he asked her to leave! One second ago he was making love next thing you know he left her😑😑God man are so untrustworthy.

Story was okay.

[Francisca Martins Gonzales]

Eu tive o azar de ler uma edição muito mal escrita cheia de erros e que até tinha nomes trocados o que não facilitou a leitura.
A história não respeita o tempo em que se passa a ação. O modo de agir das pessoas no século XIX nunca podia ser o descrito no livro em várias situações.

[Jaime Reynolds]

Review to come

[Lindsey Ruppe]

Before Mary Burton wrote dazzling suspense, she did historical romance! The Lightkeeper's Woman was delightful, a wonderful sea side second chance at love story

[Jerry Jares]

This is a unique story of second chances. As the story opens, we learn that Caleb Pitt and Alanna Patterson are in love and planning to marry. Caleb wants them to marry immediately but Alanna says her father has planned an elaborate wedding for his only child. Caleb is uneasy but leaves to captain another trip.

The story resumes two years later. Caleb Pitt has been disgraced for surviving the explosion on his ship, Intrepid, while 23 others on board perished. At the inquest, he was reprimanded for sloppy maintenance that lead to the disaster. No one will hire him to captain a ship and he has become the light keeper on a remote island.

Alanna is trying to bring a box from her father to Caleb; he wants nothing from daughter or father. In spite of a raging storm, Alanna makes it to the lighthouse and sees Caleb. She immediately decides that she’s made a mistake and wants to leave. The storm continues and they are confined together for the duration.

I liked the fact that there wasn’t an excess of moaning about the past. Both have matured since their last meeting; each knows something that the other person needs to know in order to have a complete picture of those shattering events 2 years before.

This is an engrossing tale that kept me glued to my chair for the complete novel. This is my first Mary Burton novel and I enjoyed it a great deal. She did a wonderful job of conveying the loneliness of the island.

[Makii]

Una muy bella historia,protagonizada por personajes de una pasión abrasadora, pero dominados y perseguidos por los fantasmas del pasado. Solamente ellos juntos y habiendo confesado sus pecados y secretos pueden llevar adelante un amor tal.
Ligero, genuino y romántico.
Hermoso para una tarde cálida donde uno necesita desahogar sus sentimientos en un buen libro.

"La pasión es peligrosa. El placer palidece ante la destrucción"(...) "Cuando se ha conocido un deseo como el nuestro, es difícil olvidarlo. Sin deseo, los días son grises y anodinos"

[Heathy]

Decent book. It was a quick & easy read, but I really didn't feel anything for the characters. And the last chapter or two of the book seemed completely unnecessary. The book could've ended well without that last twist. It just made me dislike the hero because his actions seemed really immature.

But I enjoyed the setting. You don't find too many historical romances that take place on the east coast, especially in Virginia and North Carolina. So that was pleasant to read about places I know well.

[Jessica Duffy]

Sincerely, this book is one of those books you can read over and over again. Even though it was one of the first books I ever read and loved in the romance genre, I still love it. I picked it out of a used book box in a thrift shop, it cost me only $.75. You can't go wrong with this book if your in the mood for a romance of two hateful lovers who uncover the truth isn't the truth and only a fabricated lie.