Seven Years to Sin

Review Top Ten Romance of Fall 2011! "Day creates sympathetic characters and skillfully weaves in some intense subplots about Jess's abusive childhood and her sister's violent husband. The main interest, though, lies in the extensive and graphic love scenes." -- Publishers Weekly " Seven Years to Sin embodies every great quality of a good romance novel, from its gorgeous yet torrid love scenes to its era-appropriate overtones of women's empowerment. Jessica and Alistair's intense connection both in and out of the bedchamber will make you believe in the power of love..." -- Shelf Awareness Top Pick! "I'm rather stingy with my 5 rating but this deserved it and more. What an emotional story! An awesome read that just whets your appetite for more by this author." -- Night Owl Reviews Top Pick! "I was really moved by these two characters as each slowly comes to the realization that their love for each other should be given a chance. The romance between Alistair and Jessica is truly not to be missed." -- Romance Reader at Heart "Day pens a fast-paced, hot and sexy romance with wonderful characters and appealing secondary stories. ...the talented author's tales flow like a river: sometimes rough and over the rapids, at other times calm and quietly moving." -- RT Book Reviews From the Back Cover The longer the resistance... Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, proper Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a licentious scene no innocent young miss could imagine. Shocked, yet strangely titillated, she'd held her silence regarding scandalous Alistair Caulfield, and walked down the aisle as expected. But through years of serene, unremarkable marriage, Caulfield's image remained burned into her imagination, fueling very illicit dreams... ...the sweeter the reward Alistair ran far from the temptation of the prim debutante with the fire of passion in her eyes--all the way to the West Indies. As a successful merchant, he has little in common with the rakehell youth she knew. But when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard his ship for a transatlantic passage, seven years' worth of denied pleasures are held in check by nothing more than a few layers of silk--and the certainty that surrender will consume them both... When Lady Jessica Sheffield makes a transatlantic voyage on Alistair Caulfield's ship, she decides to act upon the fantasies she has been having about this scandalous man whom she encountered years earlier-- in a licentious scene no innocent young miss could imagine, scenes that fueled very illicit dreams ... Now seven years of denied pleasure are held in check by nothing more than a few layers of silk ... and the certainty that surrender will consumer them both ..