Keturah

After their father’s sudden death in the Caribbean island of Nevis, Lady Keturah Banning Tomlinson and her sisters see no other way to recoup their sugar plantation’s losses than to sail across the Atlantic to take over the plantation themselves.  Still emotionally scarred by her first marriage, Keturah is determined to make her own way and never depend on a man again.  When the sisters arrive, however, the other sugar barons refuse to work with women, and conspire to ruin the Banning fortune.  Will Keturah choose the right people to trust in time to save her sisters and their fortune? 

Lisa T. Bergen tells a fascinating story of England and the Caribbean in the mid-1700s in Keturah.  Descriptions of harrowing sea voyages, beautiful islands, conniving sugar barons, simmering racial tensions, and a satisfying love story kept me hooked from beginning to end.  Keturah herself was a believable, relatable, female lead who absolutely deserved her lovely happy ending.  While I’ve not read any of Bergen's other novels, I will definitely call myself a devoted fan from now on.  I anxiously await the next addition to her Sugar Baron's Daughters series. 

I received a free copy from the publisher.  No review was required, and all opinions are my own.