Angel in Marble Author:Elaine Coffman ELAINE COFFMAN — Journey to the special places of the heart where only New York Times bestselling author Elaine Coffman can take you. Now return once more to the limits of passion as you encounter the rarest kind of human beings--characters we long to know and will never forget. — ANGEL IN MARBLE — With his silver tongue and the devil's own blue ey... more »es, shipbuilder Nick Mackinnon was temptation incarnate--but Tibbie Buchanan would never allow a man to get close enough to weaken her resolve. For five years she's lived in a self-imposed prison, hiding from the past that betrayed her. But now something inside her is yearning for release, for the freedom to live and to love. And day by day, Nick is chipping away at her defenses, at the wall around her body, her heart and her soul, determined to release the passionate woman inside and make her his own. . . .« less
Set in the American west, this is a solid, well told story of a young girl wronged who protects her heart "like an angel in marble". She challenged a confident hero till he wins her.