Gabrielle Brook is a lovely young woman who has just lost
her mother. She decides to sail the treacherous waters to
find her elusive father. While at sea, the ship she is on
is seized by a vicious pirate who decides that Gabrielle
is the ultimate prize. After landing on a Caribbean
island known to house pirates, she spies her father and
finds herself back in his custody. She is shocked and
delighted by her father's true occupation. Her father
sends her back to England to stay in the care of a
notorious pirate. While attending balls and soirees to
find a husband, there is only one man whom she desires.
Gabrielle is shocked by the sizzling responses that Drew
evokes from her. She finds him stubborn, obnoxious, rude
and beneath her station in life. When she learns of her
fathers capture, she decides to get even with Drew for
ruining her reputation and become the pirate he thinks she
is. Will Gabrielle open her heart to the only man who has
ever captured it? Or will her revenge destroy the only
chance she had with him?
Drew Anderson is a successful business man and loves to be
out on the open waters captaining his own ship. While in
England on business, he decides to visit his only
sister. Drew is stunned by the beautiful and irritating
Gabrielle that is staying with his sister. He has always
been against marriage, but he is having a hard time
denying the powerful emotions that she evokes from him.
But he will not allow himself to fall in love with a
pirate. But when Gabrielle starts receiving lots of
attention from men, Drew gets irritated by his jealousy.
So he makes a flippant remark that ruins her reputation
and finds himself being held captive on his own ship.
Will Drew realize too late that Gabrielle is the only
woman he has ever loved? Or will he discover passion in
the one pirate he has sworn to hate?
CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES is an awesome romantic suspense that
will take you on an exhilarating journey into the world of
pirates and passion. Ms. Lindsey pens a tale laced with
charismatic characters,how could she not with the Mallory's
to work with, vivid imagery and a captivating
plot that will not allow you to put the book down. I was
up all night reading CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES. I laughed at
the wonderful bantering between Gabrielle and Drew. I
also cried when two hearts soared together. Both
Gabrielle and Drew are wonderful characters that you can
not help but to fall in love with. Gabrielle is stubborn,
smart and has a lot of compassion for both the pirates and
high society people in her life. Drew is just yummy. He
is extremely stubborn in denying the passion he feels for
Gabrielle. The secondary characters are just as fun and
vibrant to read. Ms. Lindsey proves once again why she is
an award winning author with CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES.
Devastated by her mother's death, eighteen-year-old
Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to a Caribbean
island in search of her estranged father. But instead of
encountering a distinguished merchant ship's captain, she
discovers her father has become a pirate! After spending
three wonderful years sailing and treasure hunting with
him, Gabrielle is dismayed when her father decides she
must return to London to find a proper husband. His old
friend James Malory will sponsor her in polite society.
In London, Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by
James Malory's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew
Anderson, a dashing American sea captain who is visiting.
Though drawn to Gabrielle's fiery beauty, Drew, a fun-
loving rogue, wants nothing to do with a young woman
hunting for a husband. Incensed by Drew's indifference,
Gabrielle is determined to win his attentions. But when
Drew embroils her in a scandal the night before he's to
sail back to America, Gabrielle vows revenge. Enlisting
the help of her father's pirate cronies, Gabrielle
commandeers Drew's ship and takes him prisoner. But as
passion runs high on their sea voyage, it becomes
difficult to tell who is truly the captor and who is the
captive.
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