LONGING FOR LOVE is the Prequel to the fun and romantic "Mulberry Island" contemporary romance series! After a childhood of acting and speaking properly as the only daughter of Senator Robert Coleman and Elizabeth Coleman, Charlotte makes a huge mistake that has the potential to cause her family scandal. That's not the only scandal in the making. Charlotte's wealthy father, makes the mistake of trusting the wrong person with his investments and asks his only daughter to marry a man who will pay off the family debt and not cause a scandal. Soon Charlotte glimpses a side to her soon-to-be fiance - Colin Bennett - that she soon realizes will cause her a lifetime of untold abuse and heartache. She doesn't know what to do. Eli Harper, a maverick shipbuilder who captains their yachting day trip, saves Charlotte from a future of misery, by offering her marriage. He saved her once before from near drowning when she was much younger, but this time it's a lifetime commitment. Eli doesn't believe in love and his new wife is longing for love and acceptance. But despite vowing to hold back his growing feelings for her, as Eli and Charlotte work together to discover who is guilty of stealing honest people's investments and causing their family scandal, he soon begins to see that love is an unstoppable force... and that sometimes two people are meant to be.