The late Earl of Rochester entrusts his faithful butler,
Richard Robert Reeves, to find his illegitimate sons and
turn them into gentlemen. This task should not prove
difficult for this extraordinarily talented butler. Through
manipulations by the earl, one son, Captain Tristan
Llevanth, will have the earldom if he can prove to be
worthy of the name.
When Richard Robert Reeves arrives on Tristan's doorstep,
Tristan immediately orders him off the premises. He has no
love for the late earl. Due to the earl's neglect, Tristan
and his brother fell into unscrupulous hands after their
mother's death. Tristan, a one-time pirate, suffers wounds
that keep him from returning to the sea. He now must
struggle to find a place for himself and his crew. But his
inheritance could make life easier for him and his men, so
he reluctantly puts himself in the butler's hands.
Prudence Thistlewaite lives down the road from a houseful
of men who ignore their responsibilities to their
neighbors. Furious at finding another of their sheep in her
garden, Prudence sets out to give the captain and his crew
a good tongue-lashing. Prudence is surprised to find a
handsome man who tempts her for the first time since her
husband's death. Induced by the feelings he stirs, Prudence
accepts the challenge from the butler to turn Tristan into
a gentleman.
Thrown together, Prudence and Tristan succumb to their
desires. However, in order to meet the will's stipulations,
Tristan cannot offer Prudence marriage. He struggles as he
searches for the right choices.
Ms. Hawkins begins a new series that's outrageously funny
with its assortment of characters. Well-written with
dialogue guaranteed to please, this beguiling tale will
brighten readers' days.
Dying without legitimate issue, the late Earl of Rochester
sent his butler extraordinaire, Reeves, to find his wild,
illegitimate children and "civilize" them. Reeves must
seek out the first of the earl's arrogant sons, Captain
Tristan Llevanth, a one-time pirate, and teach him to be a
gentleman.
A will of steel...
Tristan Llevanth gave up his free-wheeling life as a
pirate to fight at Admiral Nelson's side. Wounded, Tristan
will never again sail the seas he loves. Life has no more
challenges. Or so he thinks, until Reeves brings a certain
outspoken lady into the captain's uncultured household...
An iron-clad spirit...
Reeves believes Tristan needs a spark to relight the fires
of his soul. And who better than lovely Prudence
Thistlewaite, the bane of the captain's existence?
Prudence wants nothing to do with her wickedly handsome,
ill-tempered neighbor. Still, she cannot refuse the
outlandish sum Reeves offers to smooth Tristan's rough
edges.
Can Prudence tame the rakish captain? Or will Tristan gain
what he most wishes, to become...
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