HEART OF THE STORM 11/1995 ISBN: 0312956088 The lush, misty island of Madeira seemed a perfect escape from an unwanted bridegroom for shy, bookish heiress Eliza Thoroughgood. But barely have they arrived when she and her frail young cousin Aubrey find themselves captive on the exotic vessel of Cyprian Dare - a man whose bold hands and even bolder mouth arouse a tiny, wicket part of Eliza. Cyprian never forgave the man who abandoned his mother and made him a bastard. Now that man's heir, the boy Aubrey, will be his instrument of revenge - however furiously the beautiful Eliza guards him. For Cyprian, it will be an easy matter to tame this lovely innocent in the sweet, dark seaswept night...until Eliza's passionate heart challenges him to a choice he could never have foreseen.

Olga Bicos

SWEETER THAN DREAMS 6/1995. ISBN:0786001429. Leydianna Carstair, bookkeeper and dreamer, meets nobleman Quentin Alexander Rutherford. Lord Ruthless, as she calls him, is handsome, wealthy unpredictable...and about to have his well-ordered life turned upside down by his mischievous new employee. It's the beginning of a wild adventure where anything can happen - and does - from kidnapping to kisses, piracy to passion. The setting is the middle of the British Caribbean in the eighteenth century, and love is only one of the wishes that come true.

Elizabeth Boyle

BRAZEN TEMPTRESS 7/1999. ISBN: 0440226392. No one could have known the truth: that the beauty who swept into the elegant ballroom was a pirate queen with a treacherous plan - to save herself from execution by identifying an infamous privateer attending the ball in disguise. Only Maureen Hawthorne could expose the double life of Julien d'Artiers, the toast of the ton. After all, she was his wife..Julien was stunned when he beheld the love of his life, the wife he'd presumed dead. But here she was, her turquoise eyes blazing across a crowded ballroom, a woman determined to bring abut his complete ruin. She blamed him for her father's death, swore to see him hang. But he took her into his arms and made her dance instead, tormenting her with memories of the passion they'd once shared, determined to make her love him again..willing to do anything to keep from losing her again.

Marsha Canham

ACROSS A MOONLIT SEA 2/1996. ISBN: 0440217857. He was French by birth, half English by blood, and reported to be all larceny by nature. One of Queen Elizabeth's legendary sea hawks, the rogue nobleman Simon Dante nearly lost his life when his partner turned coward and betrayed him for a king's ransom in stolen gold. Simon vowed nothing would stop him from seeking revenge...until he found himself at the sensual mercy of a lady privateer. Beau Spence had learned the heard way how quickly men tired of their spoils. For eight years she had sailed the Caribbean with her father and not once had she met a man who caused one moment of regret for the life she had chosen...until a reckless challenge from the infamous Pirate Wolf forced her to fight back with her own powers of seduction And when these two renegades reluctantly joint forces, it is their firestorm of raging passion that sweeps them into a sea of danger and desire...

BOUND BY THE HEART 10/1984. ISBN: 0380887320.  Rescued from the stormy waters of the Caribbean, Summer Cambridge, daughter of the British governor of Barbados, faced a new threat aboard the American ship Chimera. Captain Morgan Wade, the notorious buccaneer, brazenly ordered the young beauty to his cabin to be held for his own pleasure!  Summer fought him with the ferocity of a wildcat, but held by his insistent passion, she was swept by waves of desire she had never known, and was powerless to resist him.  Even as she returned to Barbados and the marriage that had been arranged for her, she still trembled with memories of those days and nights of forbidden passions, and of the man whose love would forever hold her heart captive.

THE WIND AND THE SEA 4/1986. ISBN: 0770104150. She was the daughter of Duncan Farrow, the fiercest corsair on the Barbary coast. Born into the French aristocracy, raised as a pirate, beautiful Courtney deVilliers Farrow could fight as hard, swear as well, and outwit most men. But now her father was gone - killed by the Yankees. Courtney was left to fight a losing battle with the American ship, the Eagle, commanded by First Lieutenant Adrian Ballantine. His bronzed face, sun-bleached hair, and smoky gray eyes had captivated dozens of women in his time, but he held no charm for Courtney. They were deadly enemies, and before long she was his prisoner, bound for Gibraltar, trial, and execution. Then a stunning coup turned the tables. The proud Adrian became Courtney's defeated captive. Would she now show the defiant lieutenant mercy? Or would she follow her womanly whims and give him exactly what he so clearly had coming?

Gaelen Foley

THE PIRATE PRINCE 9/1998. ISBN: 0449002470. On a calm moonlit night, as the scent of jasmine and pine embraces the island of Ascension, the pirate prince Lazar di Fiore returns with lethal grace to avenge what was stolen from him: his kingdom, his birthright, his soul...When Allegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar's sworn enemy, throws herself on his mercy, Lazar agrees to spare the lives of her family - but only if Allegra sails away with him as his captive. Alone at sea with this dark, intriguing man, moving between seduction and fear, Allegra realizes it will take more than her growing love for this pirate prince to bring peace to her beloved home. For Lazar must face the demons of his shattered past - if he is to forge the destiny that is their so claim.

Julie Garwood

THE GIFT 1/1991. ISBN: 0671702505.. A child bride, Sara Winchester had grown into a winsome beauty, joyfully anticipating the day when her husband Nathan, Marquess of St. James, would return to claim her at last. Charmingly innocent, she dismissed the ancient feud that divided her and Nathan's families...and she was totally unaware of his past exploits as the notorious pirate, Pagan. The man who now stood before her was perplexing, arrogant and powerfully handsome...a warrior-gentleman whose gentle touch aroused her to the wildest, deepest pleasures of love. Nathan had never bared his soul to any woman, but he was soon utterly beguiled and exasperated by Sara's sweet defiant ways. Aboard his ship, The Seahawk, she was brave, imperious and determined to win his heart compeltely...yet upon their return to England, her love would be sorely tested as a most desperate conspiracy sundered them from one another. Now, as their future trembled in the balance, they would discover the true destiny of their passion...for all time!

GUARDIAN ANGEL 5/1990 ISBN: 0671670069. The Emerald flew across the seas, its black hull teasing the waves, its sails whipping on the wind. Aboard was the pirate Pagan - despised by the ton, whose riches this scoundrel plundered: beloved by the poor, whose plight was eased by the pirate's gifts. The Marquess of Cainewood vows to hunt down the pirate wretch in revenge for his brother's death. But when Jade, an enchanting vision of rippling red hair and eyes of fire-green, appears at his door to beg desperately for his protection, the Marquess agrees to keep her safe from the villains who want her dead. Jade is infuriating, exasperating and gorgeous; Caine is noble, strong-willed and powerful. No woman has ever befuddled him so, nor so deeply roused his desire. But as Jade responds to his knowing caresses with an innocent, wild abandon, they are drawn into a web of treachery that will test the very heart of their love!

Jo Goodman

PASSION'S BRIDE (reissued as Captain's Lady in 1998) 8/1984. When Alexis Danty awakens to find herself on a ship sailing for America, she is furious with Captain Tanner Cloud for spiriting her away and ruining her plans to avenge the violent deaths of her beloved family. When he refuses to return her to her Caribbean home, she vows one day to escape. . .even though she finds herself more attracted to Cloud with each passing day. She knew Cloud was protecting her from danger, but she would not rest - or abandon herself to his embrace - until she had her revenge. . . Finally after making a daring escape, Alexis sets out on her mission, reinventing herself as Alex Danty, captain of the notorious pirate ship The Dark Lady. But when her path once again crosses with Tanner's, she is unable to forget the unexpected passion that consumed them both. Only he knows the perilous course she is navigating. . .and only he can offer the help she needs - risking treason for the love they can no longer resist. . .

Catherine Hart

ASHES AND ECSTASY 8/1988. ISBN 0843942649.Ecstatically happy in her marriage to handsome gentleman pirate Reed Taylor, Kathleen is never far from her beloved husband's side-until their idyllic existence is shattered by the onset of the War of 1812. Her worst fears are realized when she receives word that Reed's ship, the Kat-Ann, has been sunk, and all aboard have perished. Refusing to believe that Reed is dead, Kathleen mounts a desperate search with the aid of Jean Lafitte's pirate band, to no avail. The memory of the burning passion they shared is ever present in her aching heart-and then suddenly an ironic twist of fate answers her fervent prayers, only to confront her with evidence of a betrayal that will threaten everything she holds most dear.

SPLENDOR 7/1993 ASIN: 038076878X On seas of wonder... The most feared pirate to prowl the waters, handsome Devin 'Devil' Kane is magically transformed by a bolt of St. Elmo's Fire - and impelled by a strange irresistible force toward the Carolina colonies...and the woman who is his destiny. On shores of desire... Only the soft, sensuous touch of prim and lovely Eden Winters can banish the spell that is Devlin's curse...and his salvation. But unknown dangers await Eden in the arms of her mysterious 'ghost captain' - sweeping the reluctant beauty into a wondrous, unexplored realm of rapturous passion, perilous adventure and love's sweet splendor....

Robin Lee Hatcher

PIRATE'S LADY 8/1987. ISBN: 0843936444.  Lady Jacinda Sunderland dreamed of a lover with coal black hair and smoldering eyes, a knight astride a midnight charger who would storm into her life and sweep her into his fiery embrace. But Tristan Dancing was no knight -- he wasn't even a gentleman -- yet his masterful touch brought a whirlwind of passion to her staid existence, and before she could learn his true identity, he had spirited her away on his pirate ship bound for exotic Constantinople. Held captive on the high seas, she was given a soul-destroying choice: either join the piteous women in the hold, destined for the Sultan's harem, or share the captain's cabin. She had already lost her heart to his ravaging kisses, but she swore she would never be a... pirate's lady.

Virginia Henley

THE PIRATE AND THE PAGAN 12/1990. ISBN: 0440206235. Wild as a pagan goddess, Lady Summer galloped her stallion along the Cornish coast. She had dabbled in the smuggler's game to save her family estate, but a wealthy marriage would better serve her purpose now. Lord Ruark Helford seemed the answer to her reckless prayers. But as his hot, hungry kisses drew her toward deception and irresistible acts of love, she had to hesitate. Would this arrogant, handsome lord be her ticket to heaven - or hell? Both a ruthless privateer and King Charles II's confidant, Lord Helford was a mysterious and dangerous man. Lady Summer's sensual innocence captivated. When she suddenly appeared at court, he thought she'd be an easy conquest, a willing student to his brazen, skillful desire. But when she managed to steal his heart he vowed she must submit, obey and never deceive him, or by God's tears, he'd tame her not as a gentleman but as only a pirate could...

Kristen Kyle

THE LAST WARRIOR 6/1999. ISBN: 0553579630. Captain Jake Talbert has come to San Francisco on a consuming quest, searching for the precious katanas, heirloom samurai swords he once wore as a warrior in his adopted homeland of Japan. Jake will go to any lengths to regain them - and the honor he lost along with them. He is prepared to fight if he must, but he does not foresee the battle he is about to face - or the spirited opponent determined to get in his way. Meghan McLowry has come to the dangerous waterfront in search of the notorious Captain Talbert after hearing of his fondness for sword collecting and his ability to fight as no westerner can. She makes him a deal: If he can protect her father from the deadly vengeance of the Tong, she will gladly hand over five exquisite swords she has recently received as a birthday present from her father. Little does she know that Talbert is no crude sailor to be bent to her will, but a dangerously attractive warrior who will stop at nothing to get what he wants - whether it's honor, revenge, or a woman's heart.

Johanna Lindsey

GENTLE ROGUE 12/1990. ISBN: 0380753022. Her heart trampled and torn, innocent Georgina Anderson was desperate to return home to America. Leaving her sorrows on England's shores, she defiantly boarded the 'gentleman's ship' Maiden Anne disguised as a cabin boy - never dreaming she'd be forced into intimate servitude to the irrepressible rake Captain James Malory. A handsome ex-pirate, the black sheep of a proud family, Malory swore no woman alive would entice him into matrimony. But on the high seas, he would be bested by a high-spirited beauty whose love of freedom and adventure rivaled his own...and by an inescapable tidal wave of passion that threatened to engulf them both.

 Laura London, (aka: Tom and Sharon Curtis)

THE WINDFLOWER 6/1984. ISBN: 0440195349. Every lady of breeding knows. No one has a good time on a pirate ship. No one, that is, but the pirates. Yet there she was, Merry Wilding – kidnapped in error, taken from a ship bound from New York to England, spirited away in a barrel and swept aboard the infamous Black Joke…. There she was, trembling with pleasure in the arms of her achingly handsome, sensationally sensual, golden-haired captor – Devon. From the storm-tossed Atlantic to the languid waters of the Gulf Stream, from a smuggler’s den to a gilded mansion, Merry struggled to escape… to escape the prison of her own reckless passions, the bondage of sweet, bold desire…

Meagan McKinney

TILL DAWN TAMES THE NIGHT 5/1991. ISBN: 044020870X.  Lured from her London orphanage to the wilds of Jamaica, ravishing Aurora Dayle must contend with Vashon Blackwell, a ruthless pirate who wants a priceless emerald to which only Aurora can lead him, but who also desires the ultimate prize.   

Maggie Osborne

LADY RELUCTANT 12/1990. ISBN: 0312924410. No one dares say no to Blusette Morgan...except Thomas, the handsome English stranger who docks at her island home. It is a cruel blow for the fiery daughter of the pirate founder of Morgan's Island. All around her is the passion of the tropics, but she has yet to experience it first hand. With time, Blu is sure she can change his mind. But time is not to be hers. Determined that she become a lady, her father is shipping her off to England, to a mother she never knew. Still, Blu won't be denied the most thrilling adventure a woman can know. She has one last chance - on board the ship commanded by the man she desires above all else...on board the ship that will transport her to an unknown world.

Colleen Shannon

MIDNIGHT RIDER 10/1989. ISBN: 1557732655.   Was it the expert swordswoman whose flashing golden eyes set him aflame? Or the picture of innocence whose passionate kisses melted his heart? Or was it the spirited Indian maid taking passage aboard his ship. Beautiful Magdalena Flanagan de Sarria was all of them--and more... She was a noblewoman concealing her identity to win back her honor. And while battle swept California, dashing sea captain Clint Browning would touch the tender woman beneath Magdalena's clever masks. For he knew that her boundless desire was meant for him alone...

Valerie Sherwood

THIS LOVING TORMENT 8/1977.  ISBN: 083982873X.  Perhaps the brawling colonies would have been safer for a plainer girl, one more demure and less accomplished in language and manner. But Charity Woodstock was gloriously beautiful with pale golden hair and topaz eyes and she was headed for trouble. She was accused of witchcraft by the man who had attacked her. She was whisked from the stake by a highwayman in whose arms she found joy but no sanctuary. Fate flung her from the manor of a Dutch patroon to the simple hut of a Quaker, from a pirate ship to plantation. Beauty might have been her downfall, but Charity Woodstock had a reckless passion to live and a fine determination to give herself only for love. She would challenge this new world and win

Bertrice Small

SKYE O'MALLEY 10/1980. ISBN: 0345323645. There has never been a woman like luscious, raven-haired, hot-tempered Skye O'Malley. She is the courageous seafaring captain of her own mighty fleet, and intelligent enough to win a battle of wits with Queen Elizabeth herself. Follow along as Skye O'Malley is swept up in a journey filled with romance and passion that takes her from glittering Ireland, to lush Algeria, to the heart of London in pursuit of a unique and eternal love.

Janelle Taylor

LOVE ME WITH FURY 9/1983. ISBN: 0821754521. When golden haired Alexandria first saw the dark-haired stranger, her fury knew no bounds. How dare he intrude on her privacy as she swam in her secret pool! The moment that Captain Joshua Steele set eyes on the angry young woman, he saw only a delectable nymph created for his pleasure. Her creamy flesh provoked him, and her fresh scent of blossoms drove him mad with desire; nothing could stop him from taking his fill of her now. Though his caresses were tantalizing and his kisses intoxicating, Alexandria fought the sweet torment and struggled against her captor...until she could no longer resist the waves of delicious sensuality. And, against her will, she gave herself to the ruthless pirate, hopelessly murmuring, Love Me With Fury.

Susan Wiggs

THE CHARM SCHOOL 5/1999. ISBN: 1552041743. Isadora Peabody is an awkward misfit in her beautiful and accomplished family. Shunned by those she yearns to befriend, she gives her heart to a man who doesn't even know she exists. With nothing to lose, she seizes the chance to journey to a wondrous new world in search of a dream. In a society where men are judged by their family name and position, Ryan Calhoun is considered to be reckless for walking away from his. Driven by his quest to right an old wrong, the fiery, temperamental sea captain doesn't have time to look after the meek young woman who comes aboard his ship. What Isadora discovers on the voyage is more adventure than she could have imagined. The crew of motley sailors becomes her own personal charm school, teaching her to be a lady. And giving her the confidence to believe in a startling new love.

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

THE FLAME AND THE FLOWER 4/1972. ISBN: 0380005255. The Flower -Doomed to a life of unending toil, Heather Simmons fears for her innocence--until a shocking, desperate act forces her to flee. . . and to seek refuge in the arms of a virile and dangerous stranger. The Flame -A lusty adventurer married to the sea, Captain Brandon Birmingham courts scorn and peril when he abducts the beautiful fugitive from the tumultuous London dockside. But no power on Earth can compel him to relinquish his exquisite prize. For he is determined to make the sapphire-eyed prize. For he is determined to make the sapphire-eyed lovely his woman. . .and to carry her off to far, uncharted realms of sensuous, passionate love.

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