Out of This Nettle — Norah Lofts

He was both tortured slave and lusty master in the decadent colonial islands. -- Fleeing Scotland at 16 with a price on his head, through 10 brutal years as a slave in the West Indies, Colin Lowrie's pride was all that sustained him. -- Cassie, the slave girl who bore him a child no one wanted. -- Sister Bridget, ready to abandon her vows for his caresses. Eulalia, the quixotic heiress who had never lusted for any other man. Each gave me something he couldn't forget...