Nantucket Woman

Old Nantucket in 18th-century New England was not accustomed to women like Kezia Coffin. Most women were content to raise children and prepare for their husbands' return from the sea. Not Kezia Coffin. She challenged the world with a fury, building the most successful business on the island, traveling wherever she chose...and when her husband couldn't satisfy her urgent sexuality, she took one lover after another. Men on two continents admired her beauty and willful independence. Women were publicly shocked at Kezia's outlandish behavior -- and privately envious. Kezia Coffin -- a vibrant, lusty, full-blooded woman Nantucket would never forget...