Judith & Jacqueline "Jack" Malory are cousins closer than sisters. Their fathers, James and Anthony, are two of the four Malory brothers with rather shady pasts. The families are aristocrats and envied for their successful shipping company in London. While visiting family in Hampshire four years prior, the girls investigated a suspicious light in an abandoned house, finding a resident ghost. In later years, Judy still considered herself in love with the ghost. She also returned years later to the darkened house and received a surprised kiss from a vagrant staying at the house.
Jack has agreed to a coming out ball in America to satisfy Jack's American uncles as long as Judy can accompany her. Leaving with a full crew on James's luxurious ship, Judy's secret "ghost" is hired on as a carpenter. Nathan Tremayne has a quest to find the scoundrel that murdered his father and stole his own ship while saving himself from the gallows.
Unable to keep from giving the feisty Judy another kiss, his ghostly secret is revealed. Judy is head over heels in love and allows herself to be bedded, which only makes her more determined to win her "ghost" upon realizing they are one and the same.
The unthinkable happens and the Malory men are indebted to Nathan when Jack is later kidnapped and held in order to draw James out. This is a redeeming voyage for Nathan in winning the beauty he has tried so hard to deny.
Johanna Lindsey continues to astound me with her extreme vision in creating a fast paced and thrilling tale that is always laced with intense sexual heat and charisma. STORMY PERSUASION is a book filled with spirited, stubborn women and rakehell men, and is sure to capture the reader. Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorites and never disappoints.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey returns
to the dazzlingly passionate world of the Malorys, an
aristocratic family of rakehell adventurers and spirited
ladies, in a thrilling new tale of unbridled desires.
James Malory sets sail for America to honor a promise he
made to his in-laws: His and Georginaβs daughter,
Jacqueline, will have her come-out in America. Judith and
Jacqueline Malory are not simply cousins; they are
inseparable best friends. Refusing to miss Jacquelineβs
come-out in Connecticut, Judith convinces her parents to let
her delay her London debut by a few weeks so she can
accompany her cousin. Neither girl intends to fall in love
during her first Season. But Judithβs plans are overturned
when aboard ship she comes face-to-face with the ghost who
has been haunting her dreams.
Unknown to the Malorys, deckhand Nathan Tremayne is a
smuggler with a noose around his neck. Determined to carry
out a covert mission in America that could gain him a
pardon, Nathan senses that beautiful Judith Malory is
trouble. Somehow the minx knows his secretβand now sheβs
blackmailing him into doing her bidding. While passions can
soar on the high seas, Nathan knows this aristocratic beauty
is merely amusing herself with a scoundrel like him.
When the unthinkable happens in Connecticut and the elder
Malorysβ hands are tied, Nathan takes command of a dire
situation. Captaining his own ship, he turns the tables on
Judith, as he steers them into some intense Caribbean heat
where he will fight with all his mettle to win the right to
her heart.
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