Seven Years to Sin
Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scandalous scene involving the roguish Alistair Caulfield and could never erase it from her memory. She married as expected, and Caulfield fled to the West Indies, where he became a successful shipping merchant. Now a childless widow and the owner of a Jamaican plantation left to her by her late husband, Jessica must sail across the Atlantic aboard Caulfield's own ship — and the seven years of denied desire between them can no longer be denied.
Newly widowed Regency lady who inherits a Jamaican plantation and confronts a seven-year-old attraction to Alistair Caulfield on a transatlantic voyage.
A once-scandalous rakehell who fled to the West Indies and built a career as a successful shipping merchant; now reunites with Jessica aboard his own ship.
While this is a standalone historical romance, it shares thematic similarities with the Crossfire series, particularly in how the protagonists navigate their respective past traumas and emotional baggage to find healing through their relationship.