Bailey Spencer is a survivor. With no particular skills but
her intelligence and will to live she survives the massacre
of her family at the hands of a violent pirate who ravishes
and kills, driven by a desire for revenge against society.
The Dragon has an agenda designed to punish all those who
have deemed him beneath them. It started with the man who
fathered and then swiftly abandoned him. Bailey's family was
wiped out by the Dragon because her father dared to try and
organize defenses again his ongoing destruction. By
surviving the attack Bailey has left herself vulnerable to
his wrath and his insatiable need to find her. His motto was
to leave no survivors -- having Bailey alive was an
unacceptable mark of failure.
Captain Cole Leighton has his own agenda - one born of
revenge as well. Revenge against the gentleman who roamed
freely among society and then disguised as the pirate
destroyed the very people he befriended. Cole's mother was a
victim of the gentleman wiles of the Dragon and while under
his spell barely avoided destroying her entire family.
Surviving her betrayal was Cole and his brother Griffin. Now
the paths of Cole and Bailey have crossed when he found her
barely alive on the beach having somehow escaped detection
by the very pirate who had beaten her and set fire to her
home. As a survivor Bailey holds some valuable keys to the
puzzle concerning the Dragon's identity and Cole plans to
use her to finally mete his revenge.
Kayla Gray's story reminds us of a time when people were
essentially prey to random attacks by unsavory characters
but in her book she instills these with almost chameleon
abilities to blend in or hide in plain sight. Reminds us to
be weary of the wolf in sheep clothing.
Waking up on a ship in the middle of the high seas, Bailey
Spencer is shocked to discover she's being held prisoner
by Captain Cole Leighton-a handsome rogue who plans to use
her as a pawn in his pursuit of vengeance. In all her
life, Bailey has never met a man so seductive. She must
escape, but his smoldering gaze and caressing touch are
irresistible.
NEVER LET HER GO.
Now that he's found the missing piece in his plot for
revenge, Cole has no intention of setting Bailey free,
though he is intrigued by her unassuming beauty and
courageous spirit. But, torn between his searing passion
for Bailey and his vow for vengeance, Cole may not be
capable of putting his precious jewel in danger-or of ever
letting her go