Patria D. Pettingell
Against a Tropical Background
Never one to do the expected, Cornelia Thornton, willful, young Boston
socialite sheds her philandering fiancé and her privileged life to abscond
with much older Miguel Estrada, newly hired overseer of a vast sugar cane
plantation on the Caribbean island of San Cristóbal. Her fantasy of an
exciting adventure in an alien land is short-lived as she becomes trapped in
a loveless marriage and a virtual prisoner held in isolation. Defying her
husband, Cornelia begins discreet visits to the barrio and into the nearby
mountains to take food and medicine to the destitute plantation families.
On one occasion she strays off the trail and into the the domain of Pablo
Veracruz, wealthy and powerful coffee grower, the clandestine leader of an
conspiracy against the despotic government. Their confrontation ignites
the spark of a dangerous liaison. Fueled by irresistible passion, Cornelia
and Pablo are swept up into a perilous world that could lead to their
destruction
socialite sheds her philandering fiancé and her privileged life to abscond
with much older Miguel Estrada, newly hired overseer of a vast sugar cane
plantation on the Caribbean island of San Cristóbal. Her fantasy of an
exciting adventure in an alien land is short-lived as she becomes trapped in
a loveless marriage and a virtual prisoner held in isolation. Defying her
husband, Cornelia begins discreet visits to the barrio and into the nearby
mountains to take food and medicine to the destitute plantation families.
On one occasion she strays off the trail and into the the domain of Pablo
Veracruz, wealthy and powerful coffee grower, the clandestine leader of an
conspiracy against the despotic government. Their confrontation ignites
the spark of a dangerous liaison. Fueled by irresistible passion, Cornelia
and Pablo are swept up into a perilous world that could lead to their
destruction
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