Author: Katherine Bone
Genre:Historical
Fiction
Review Rating: Five Stars
Reviewer: Linda Hays-Gibbs
This story must be read after Duke by Day, Rogue by Night, as it is a follower of that great read. The author, Katherine Bone smoothly takes you into a what happened to the poor, dejected, love starved fellow that was wounded unto death in heart and body and abandoned.
Lieutenant Henry Guffald; now a Captain must prove his worth to himself, Admiral Nelson, and country. He was rejected by his love, Constance and almost by his country. He was a traitor to everyone because of his love for a woman; who could never love him. He vows he will never fall in love again and he will do what is right for God and country; besides his fellow spies. His cronies will see he is capable.
His mission now is to rescue a fellow spy, Garrick. Guffald must prove he is as good a man, as he was even with his wounds to his body and soul. He should have no problems delivering a ransom for Garrick but a murdering, lying ship stealing pirate puts him in chains and takes over his ship. He is ruined. He is behind time already and if he's not there in time his fellow spy will be killed.
It's not bad enough that he's, late, lost his ship and crew and put in chains. The pirate is a tiny woman, a cursed beautiful, willful, talented, and kissable woman pirate.
Lady Seaton has pirates for brothers and one is in chains in Spain. Garrick needs rescuing and she needs to prove to her father and brothers that she is as capable a pirate as they. She decided to capture a British ship and take the ransom for her brother. She is successful and excited but her captive excites her even more. No man ever turned her head much less one she captured . She can't help but notice he is wounded. His eyes tell her about his wounded heart and his limp tells her about his body. She notices that he looks at her with real fire too but was it only anger; when he discovered she was a woman?
I will not give away any more of this captivating tale of the high seas. You must read it for yourself. It does a lot of twisting and turning that will keep you tuning the pages and guessing.
This brilliant story makes you anxious for hero and heroine. It's absolutely fabulous and a great follow up for the author. I was intrigued, apprehensive, outraged, and I fell in love with Guffald again.
Kiddos to Katherine. It was an excellent read. The character of Guffald deepened and found his legs. You riot fir him to become what you know he could be. The other characters were minor mentions before but they grew especially, Lady Seaton, Garrick's little sister. Lovely, lively, exquisite pirate lady frustrating everyone, as all fall in love with her.
I gave it Five stars and can't wait for the next book by Katherine .
Linda Hays-Gibbs
