Lily

Lily
Aaron McCarver, Diane Ashley
Paperback, 320 pp., $12.99
Barbour Books (June 1, 2012)

In 1858 Natchez, Mississippi, Lily Anderson is determined to thwart a marriage of convenience. She embarks on a riverboat venture to keep her and her two sisters afloat financially. But gambler Blake Matthews has won part ownership of Lily’s riverboat. How will their business profit if he and Lily disagree about everything? The affluent Jean Luc Champney will do anything to get back what he lost in a card game, including wooing and endangering the pretty new owner. Will the song of the river evolve into a serenade or a lament?