After watching four of his best friends fall to the mysterious and terrifying affliction known as love and marriage, William, Viscount Wivenly knows that it is only a matter of time before he falls into the trap himself...but not yet.

In a last minute escape from the desperate females vying for his title, Will flees his father's estate in the night, heading for the coast and a ship that will take him to the West Indies and more trouble than he has ever known in his life. Accompanied by his friend Andrew Grayson, Will sets sail to discover why his great aunt believes that her late husband's company is failing, when by all accounts it is prospering. Is greed the real culprit, or could something more villainous be afoot?

Eugenie Villaret de Joyuse is heart-broken at the loss of the only real father she has ever known. Yet in the wake of Nathan Wivenly's death more disturbing questions have come to light. Why is the company failing now, after years of prosperity? Why does her father's man of business not want her mother to examine the books? And why are there two more strangers on the island snooping about the warehouses? Trying to discover these answers lands Eugenie not only in hot water, but a betrothal she both wants and despises at the same time. Giving in to the inevitability of her marriage she decides to show Will exactly who she is: a capable sailor, a teacher, and a rescued-slave smuggler. Bit by bit the walls begin to come down just as the most terrifying truth reveals itself too late for anyone to stop it.

ENTICING MISS EUGENIE VILLARET by Ella Quinn is an action packed romance filled with intrigue, seduction, sass, and pirates! It reads very much like a situational farce, and Quinn plays on that. More than once a character mentions how much like a novel their adventure is becoming. The tongue in cheek antics bring a level of likeability to the storyline that sometimes feels like it is spinning out of control. There are many plots that need to be kept in line, including a secondary love story. A few of these plots get rushed or forgotten at one point or another, but are all tied up in the end.

The character building in this story is fantastic. Written as the fifth book in The Marriage Game Series, ENTICING MISS EUGENIE VILLARET is easily read individually, with enough background information to bring the characters to life, and enough plot teasing to make a reader want to go out and buy the other four books immediately. The bottom line is that this book is a fun and adventurous read for fans of both Regency and Pirate Romance genres.