The Past Casts a Shadow Over a Second Chance For Love….Palermo, 1810Morwena Gambino is struggling to keep her family’s business going against mounting troubles. Her widowed father, once shrewd, is now increasingly forgetful, letting debts mount and disavowing his sons. Morwena runs the shop behind his back, forced to hide her enterprise not only from her father but also her bitter older brother.… but also her bitter older brother.
In Tunisia, Tewodros “Jonathan” Afua is struggling to stay alive. Once an Ethiopian prince, he is a captive of the corsairs who slaughtered his wife and children. When a US naval bombardment provides an opening for escape, Jonathan falls in with a seemingly deranged English pirate. Aboard Kit Hardacre’s rundown ship with its ragtag crew, Jonathan learns the real reason he was taken by slavers.
Reluctantly joining Hardacre’s crew, he meets Morwena in Palermo. The fiery young Sicilian woman is the opposite of his quiet reserve, but he is attracted to her despite mourning for his late wife. As he and Morwena grow closer, it emerges that they have something in common – secret betrayal by those close to them – and they must count what they’re willing to risk for a future together.
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Captive of the Corsairs
Revenge of the Corsairs
Shadow of the Corsairs
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Johnathon Afua is looking for answers about who killed his family and had him enslaved. His new friends are pirates who seem to be looking for the same people. His memories are making it very difficult to leave the past behind and take the new life that is waiting for him. Our hero is a wealthy man in his home country of Ethiopia, but that is not a place he can face yet.
Morwena Gambino is working hard to keep her father’s business running. Her brothers have been forbidden to come home but her father is not well. Our heroine is a clever, organized woman, but Sicily in the early 1800s is not an easy place to be a business woman.
This book is part of a series, you can easily read it alone but if like me you have read the others you will meet some great old friends. There is a lot of adventure in this nice long book. Plenty of time to really get into our character’s lives. Family tensions and danger are faced all the time.
A very exciting story.
This book is the meshing of two soulmates that never should have or fallen in love with each other. We were introduced to Jonathan & Morwena in the prior 2 books in the series & this book takes us back to how they met in the first place. Jonathan Afua was a former Ethiopian Prince & was captured by corsairs & his wife & children murdered. He escapes & becomes a member of Captain Kit Hardacre’s rag tag crew. Morwena Gambino is trying to keep her family’s business running in Palermo but is finding it to be very difficult. Read to find out how Jonathan & Morwena fight all odds against as they grow closer day by day. This was another really good book in the series & I recommend all of them in the series.
I enjoyed reading this book. Elizabeth Ellen Carter provided interesting characters, an original plot set in a time period that was interesting. The plot was well thought out and provided and interesting read. I recommend this to anyone loves a romantic historical book.
I loved reading the story about Jonathan and Morwena, how they met and how they navigated the treacherous waters of grief, past lives, and inexplicable longing. Elizabeth Ellen Carter did a magnificent job weaving their story in with the previous/other stories of Kit and Elias’ exploits while discovering their own destiny. This was the first book I’ve read by Ms. Carter, but very much enjoyed living this adventure through her awesome storytelling ability. This is a book I can easily recommend to anyone who loves reading about electrifying adventures of the mystifying, audacious Corsairs.
I could not put this book down till finished, Elizabeth Ellen Carter drew me in to this sad, and intense time in history when men made slaves of their fellow man, and families where torn apart forever. Jonathan Afua was such a man A Prince of Ethiopia, happy with a wife and three little daughters he adored till he was betrayed. His family murdered, he finds himself captured and kept in chains the grief and rage is all that keeps him strong. Then freedom comes in the form of Captain Kit Hardacre and his crew, Jonathan soon finds himself in Palermo Sicily. Morwena Cambino Is running the family business, her father is frail and getting forgetful, he has turned her two brothers from the house disowning them, but she is a strong person with a great head for business. As the story unfolds she meets Jonathan and they both feel the attraction that soon turns to love. The story is full of twists and turns and is intense at times, but Jonathan and Morwena weave through what is happening to them to find their happy ever after. I highly recommend this book and now I must get the first two books in the series, so glad I discovered this author.
This is a story that will grab your interest from the first page and not let go until the end. Set mainly in 1810 Palermo, the author takes you through an unforgettable time when life was unpredictable. In Tunisia, Jonathan Afua had been captured and held by the corsairs in a terrible prison. They had killed his wife and children and taken him prisoner although he never understood the reason. An unexpected attack nearby left him able to escape with a crew of pirates run by an Englishman, Kit Hardacre. He digs to learn about the fate of his family and why he was left to live.
When they arrive in Palermo, he meets Morwena Gambino, who has problems of her own trying to keep her family business alive since her father is not mentally able. There are so many twist and turns to this wonderful story that has such strong emotions and tugs at your heart. Jonathan and Morwena are drawn together through her business but there is danger and conflict that they have to work through.
Although part of a series, this book can be read as a standalone. But you will want to read each story after you finish this one because it is truly amazing!!
WOW!!! What a book. Jonathan is a prince who has lost everything. He meets Kit Hardacre and Elias Nash and the three of them are determined to have revenge. It is a very unlikely trio who become fast friends and partners. Morwena Gambino is a lovely woman who is caught in the tangle of a dysfunctional family and the family business. She is a business woman in a man’s world. Jonathan and Morwena find a kindred spirit in each other. Very well written book with twists and turns you will not expect.
A very interesting third book in the series. Their story takes place prior to the first two books and once you realize this-it is a well written story about two people that probably should have never met, much less fall in love and marry. Johnathan, having been kidnapped by slavers-who murdered his family, is rescued by our beloved Kit and Elias. Becoming a member of their trusted crew, he meets Morwena while in port. Morwena is a sweet, intelligent woman with a very dysfunctional family. Johnathan and friends protect her from the many dangers of her perils and, through it all, Johnathan and Morwena fall in love.
Jonathan is a member of Ethiopian royalty, taken by slavers into captivity. While being held in chains, he is inadvertently rescued by a group of “pirates “ who have his captors in sight as a target for revenge. Not knowing if he has a home to which to return, Jonathan becomes a reluctant member of their crew if only to avenge the deaths of his family members.
While on one of their usual stops, the ships crew make port in Palermo, a small Italian town where Morwena lives with her ailing father, a shopkeeper. She has taken over the actual running of the shop, and she has a head for business and a body that Jonathan can’t help but notice. As the two are drawn together through business, their attraction and understanding of each other grows. They are drawn into a familial conflict that involves local criminals and danger for all of them, which lends an intensity to the plot. As in the previous books in the series, the cast of colorful characters are vastly entertaining too.
This book was sooo good I could not put it down! I have read each book in this series and all are very good, but this is the perfect conclusion to this set of tales. I highly recommend this to readers of historical romance who enjoy a wild ride both on the sea and on land!