While perched on a tree branch, seeking the rarest of rare
orchids, the delightful and curvy Dagny Ravenhurst in the
most stylish of dresses, reaches just a tad too far and
falls to an almost certain death in the wonderful blue
lagoon below. As she falls into the deep depths of the
water, Dagny, a naturalist to the core, is thrilled to
discover the bizarre "Cretaceous" fish instead of panicking
at her fate.
Hearing the splash while on the deck of a nearby ship,
Tomaj Balashazy, captain of a group of loyal but motley
pirates, is slightly annoyed by not finding anyone to
respond, so decides to jump in the water himself and saves
Dagny from the watery grave. From that moment on, the
Hungarian-born Count turned pirate via being on the run
from the United States Navy has his world turned topsy-
turvey by his enchantment of Dagny.
Dagny had never seen anyone with such beautiful green
tourmaline coloured eyes that shone the like the crystals
her geologist brother, Sal, brought home to study and was
immediately captivated. From his long tapered fingers, to
the long curls of his head, Dagny just longed to be touched
and loved by Tomaj. But, she has a small problem. Having
come from a Pennsylvanian Quaker background via a harsh
time of poverty in New York, she had to use her physical
charms to take care of herself and her brothers. Ending up
in Madagascar in 1828, Dagny became the current doxy of
the brutish Paul Boneaux, a married manufacturer, rich
beyond believe as he owns almost half the country, largely
due to being the favoured pet of the cruel Queen
Ranavalona.
Can one really find a true soulmate that just drops from the
sky
or does one have to wander through many strange journeys
and mazes to find love? You'll just have to follow the
amazing adventures of Dagny and Tomaj as they waltz from
watching lumurs dance in the spiny forest, to dazed opium
induced love-ins, fighting murderous Chinese pirates,
enduring gale force sea voyages and bloodthirsty the anti-
European tortures of the despotic Queen after the death
(or was that murder?) of the beloved King Radama to find
out a very surprising answer!
With the most lavish of language, Karen Murcury, has
written an unusual, but well-researched historical romance,
with highly colourful and off-beat characters set amongst
the flora and fauna of this tropical paradise turned hell
by greed and lust. With zany humour, akin to " a series of
unfortunate events", emotions ring true as you follow this
unusual and changing love triangle!
Along with his pirate crew, captain Tomaj Balashazy rules
the Madagascar coast from his tropical plantation—a fortress
built to defend against the enemies he’s made cruising the
Indian Ocean. But when the American naturalist Dagny
Ravenhurst falls into Balashazy’s lagoon during an
expedition seeking a dreaded and mystical species of lemur,
it spells the end of the temporary peace on the island.
Ravenhurst is beholden to the French industrialist Paul
Boneaux—who enjoys a monopoly over the island's
manufacturing and commerce—and needs his patronage to
survive. When the two adversaries, Balashazy and Boneaux,
are pitted against each other, the island boils with blood,
and only one will emerge triumphant.
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