Love's Gentle Fugitive — Andrea Layton

Perilous Passion
runaway to the New World, ravishingly beautiful Elizabeth Bartlett tries to escape her secret past - only to learn that shame and degradation are the price for her freedom. Frightened and vulnerable, she is rescued from brutal slavery by the one man who could return her to England and disaster.

Sublime Surrender
In a land shimmering with beauty and savagery, Elizabeth begins a romantic adventure that will sweep her to the trembling brink of womanhood and beyond. On a brave journey through the wilderness, she succumbs to irresistible temptation and falls deeply in love with the handsome, bold protector who has aroused her most turbulent yet tender emotions. As their surging desires find release in rapturous ecstasy, Elizabeth surrenders her heart - and her destiny - to the passionate stranger who could choose to love her...or betray her.

There is a sequel, Midnight Fires.