A modern day pirate treasure romance, THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP
is mainly
set at sea in southern latitudes and will appeal to those
who like yachting... or pirates!
Just like 'Romancing the Stone', an author called Stella
Mills has written a best-selling historical romance, and
the swashbuckling hero was secretly based on a real life
friend. But her inspiration has dried up and her publisher
comes to visit her seaside hideaway in Cornwall, ordering
her to get a chapter of a new book written. Stella's
friend Rick, who is half-Spanish, turns up as well and
asks her to accompany him on a quest for a reputed pirate
treasure. The two spent their early years messing around
on boats with Stella's firm but fair father supervising,
and Rick now sails for a living.
Since her publisher believes this might give her
inspiration, Stella accepts and the two fly off to Cairns
to board a yacht. Rick is a born flirt and women they meet
swoon over his good looks. Stella knows he doesn't mean
any harm, but she does find this manner insulting to her,
and she dares him to stop flirting for the rest of their
journey. In Rick's company she again starts writing. Rick
has secretly smuggled aboard a copy of her blockbuster and
is intrigued to find that the pirate captain is
recognisably based on himself, although the lusty scenes
between him and Lady Mary are entirely the product of her
imagination. We get several of these scenes shown to us
while the pair struggle against a blossoming romance, for
fear it would spoil their friendship.
THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP is a light read with a small cast of
characters and several flashbacks and excerpts from the
book, because not a lot of adventure happens. I would feel
very sorry for any writer who couldn't get a line down for
eighteen months, but Stella made it big with her first
novel and could not live up to that standard again. Author
Amy Andrews shows a very forgiving side of publishing and I
suspect only big sellers would be treated so leniently.
Read this to put you in a good, summery mood if winter is
too bleak and grey outside your window.
Author Stella Mills has writers\' block. Her swashbuckling
debut romance was a mega-hit—and the world is crying out for
a sequel. Problem is, her sexy-as-sin hero was based on
childhood friend Rick Granville, whose dangerously delicious
eyes have never sparkled at her that way!
So being forced to spend weeks on adventurer Rick\'s luxury
yacht could be just the thing to trigger her
imagination—forget Johnny Depp…modern-day pirate Rick is
pure physical perfection. Of course, spending night and day
with the temptation that is Rick could be sailing too close
to the wind—especially when her fictional fantasies start
becoming red-hot reality!
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