Strange Eden - Gina Giordano

\n \nEverything familiar to Eliza has been ripped away. Even worse, the cruel deed was done by her own hands.\n \n\n \nNassau, Bahamas, 1791...\n \n\n \nEliza Sharpe, recently wed to a mysterious and brooding soldier, departs for the West Indies with him to begin their new life. Once there, she realizes their marital arrangement is ill-fated and that she has made a disastrous choice. Charles, the man she finds herself bound to, is nothing short of a monster. \n \n\n \nOn their very first night in New Providence, her innocence is irrevocably shattered. The walls of her new home hide a dark family secret, and Eliza realizes that the freedom she sought within marriage is a worse cage than the constraints she faced before.\n \n\n \nEliza struggles with her new existence, her exposure to Charles' explosive temper, the brutality of slavery, and her isolation as she tries to grow accustomed to life on distant shores. The only source of comfort she finds is swimming in the startlingly clear ocean, an activity Charles expressly forbids.\n \n\n \nAs she attempts to flee her deteriorating situation, an unexpected encounter with a beguiling stranger named Jean offers a promise of escape. Despite the dark rumors that swirl around her recent acquaintance and his mysterious past, he captures Eliza's interest and, ultimately, her heart―with deadly consequences.\n \n\n \nOn an island where nothing is as it appears, Eliza is confronted with the harsh realities of living on the fringe of empire, of womanhood, and the overt corruption that festers in the governor's mansion on the hill. Will she ever be able to secure her freedom―and possibly even find redemption in love? \n \n\n \nSTRANGE EDEN is the first novel in Gina Giordano's Strange Eden series. Haunting and gripping, STRANGE EDEN is historical fiction with edge. Seize your copy today!\n