Mutiny of the Heart — Vickie McDonough

Lucas Reed deserted Deborah, Heather Hawthorne's unwed cousin, when Deborah became pregnant with his child. He is an American whose fight for liberty from England ruined her family's wealth and led to her father's death. But Deborah's dying wish is that Heather take little Jamie to his father in Charleston.

Ever since his one true love, Deborah, mysteriously disappeared, Lucas has avoided romantic entanglements. But that was before Heather appeared with Jamie....