Refusing to stay home bored to tears while her brothers
live an exciting life on the ever-changing sea, Belle
Hawkins stows away on their pirate ship. Her brothers
adamantly reject her pleas to become a member of the crew.
No matter what Belle does to show her worth, they ignore or
rebuke her. They just can't understand why she craves the
excitement of the sea and does not want marriage or
children. That changes, however, when they take on a
navigator who shows interest in Belle.
Damian Westmore rejects his degenerate lifestyle after his
beloved brother dies aboard a ship when it was attacked by
pirates. Adam was the only good person in Damian's life.
Their father saw to that. As the first born, Damian was
removed from his mother as his father undertook his
education. If Damian displeased his father, he found
himself locked in the dungeon or worse, until slowly, he
lost his soul. With nothing to lose, Damian searches for
the pirates who killed his brother. Fate gives him a chance
when he is hired to work on the very ship that took his
brother's life.
But fate is cruel to Damian when Belle enters his life. A
deep hunger for her interferes with his plans for
vengeance. Belle falls for the man who one moment plies her
with kisses, then pushes her away to berate her. She sees
his misery and wishes to heal his pain.
Ms. Benedict delves into the horrors of childhood abuse and
the aftereffects. This is an emotional read watching Damian
struggle as he attempts to cleanse his soul by obtaining
vengeance for his brother's death. Ms. Benedict provides
Damian with a strong heroine equal to the task of healing
his tortured soul.
A lord so sinful he is dubbed the "Duke of Rogues," Damian
Westmore lives for pleasure—until the day his brother dies
at the hands of pirates. Abandoning the libertine life to
pursue revenge, Damian finds the criminals he seeks and
joins their crew in disguise, waiting for the chance to
strike the brigands down. But he never imagined there
would be a woman on board—or that the stunning siren would
inflame the very passions Damian swore to resist until his
brother's death was avenged.
Beautiful, fiery Mirabelle Hawkins longs for the freedom
of the high seas—so she stows away on her brother's pirate
ship at the first opportunity. But she finds something
more exciting than chase and plunder: a bold, handsome,
secretive sailor whose touch makes her tremble with
desire . . . but whose love is a cutlass that could
destroy all she holds dear.
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