He called her his Golden Bird of Love and he had wanted her from the day he'd first seen her on the balcony next to his in Amsterdam. Clad only in her nightdress, her golden hair catching the rays of the sun at dawn, her voice softly raised in song. And so Verhulst Van Rappard married Imogene and carried her off to America as his prize. He did not know that the song she sang was for another man, a copper-haired Englishman who had made her his on the sea-washed sands of a distant isle and who had promised to come to her again on the wings of Bold Breathless Love.

Love series
by Valerie Sherwood

Bold Breathless Love - book 1
published 1981 — 6 editions
A romantic novel concerning a young woman who's heart belongs to a copper haired englishman
despite being with another man.

Rash Reckless Love - book 2
published 1982 — 7 editions
Georgianna was the daughter of Imogene, the only woman whose beauty could rival her own, the woman who dared to love the fearless pirate renowned as "the best blade in the Caribbean." She was Fate's plaything, scorned when people thought her only a bondswoman's niece, courted as if she were a princess when Fortune made her a potential heiress. Then hounded into headlong flight when she lost her inheritance. ... And so we begin her story

Wild Willful Love - book 3
published 1982 — 3 editions
The fiery sequel to Rash Reckless Love
She was once The Buccaneer's Lady but when beautiful, willful Imogene was tricked aboard a ship bound for England, she vowed to forget Captain van Ryker, the man who had filled her life and heart -- only to banish her so cruelly. Then a shipwreck off the coast of Cornwall returned Imogene to her girlhood home. It was a homecoming without joy, for she found herself on trial for murder. Now, as she faced certain death, she heard again the sweet promise of her Caribbean lord... Somehow he would come to her again, and together they would soar to the heights of passion they first knew on the golden sands of a distant isle...borne once more on the wings of a Wild Willful Love

Rich Radiant Love - book 4
published 1983 — 5 editions
She Was His Golden Bride
With her hair the color of pirate's treasure, Anna Smith was a beauty beyond price, though all she brought as dowry to Brett Danforth was a pair of silver candlesticks "stolen" from the Bermuda estate that should have been hers by right. So they were wed -- and Anna, looking up into the eyes of her "English patroon" husband, thought she saw the gleam of love. Or was it the glitter of greed? Had she given Brett the gift of her love to receive in return only fool's gold? There is intrigue and danger here in the Hudson Valley where Brett has brought her. Now his enchanting former mistress is gliding between her and her husband. Maybe the tempting offer of the wild rakehell Nicholas van Rappard is the solution. Perhaps she should accept his offer...