A sea captain rescues an aristocratic beauty from Barbary pirates in a Regency romance that “sizzles with passion” by the New York Times bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). Dismissed from the Royal Navy for a rebellious act of heroism, Gabriel Hawkins is now the captain of his own ship. Having earned his living on the high seas as a blockade runner, he is now employed to rescue Lady Aurora … employed to rescue Lady Aurora Lawrence, who is being held captive on the Barbary coast. The pirate Malek Reis demands a small fortune in ransom, but he’s dealt with Captain Hawkins before—and knows to expect the unexpected.
Lady Aurora is truly shocked when the handsome, steely captain refuses to pay the ransom, and instead agrees to take her and her captor on an even more dangerous mission. But soon Gabriel and Aurora face another kind of danger—an attraction that burns hot within the confines of his ship. Now, even as they endure the perils of the sea, they wonder if their love can survive a return to England, where the distance between a disgraced captain and an earl’s daughter is wider than the ocean.
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DNF, got bored.
Good
Sail Away
Gabriel Hawkins Vance is disowned by his grandfather Admiral Vance and decides to become the captain of his own merchant ship. He runs blockades and smuggles goods until the Napoleonic War is over.
When Lord and Lady Lawrence’s wayward daughter, Aurora, is kidnapped for ransom by Barbary Pirates, Gabriel and his crew are hired to pay the ransom and pick her up before she is sold into a harem.
Lots of things go wrong in this Adult seafaring adventure, mostly taking place in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a well written and interesting Regency Period adventure romance! Adult situations.
I like Mary Jo Putney’s characters and dialogue. Very realistic and i read the series so i was invested in the books. She always writes a good story.
Ms. Putney is one of my all time favorite authors. Her books never disappoint. It is not only a romance but history and events bring you to that time period. Gabriel meets Rory as a damsel in distress. But this lady along with her cousin Constance are traveling the world and turn disaster into a success by writing novels. When the expected occurs and they become slaves of a barbaric cruel murderer, Gabriel comes to her rescue at request of her mother. If anyone ever had fantasies about the romance of a harem, this will bring hard core reality home. But this beautiful courageous woman does not wait around to be rescued. As a bonus, there is romance for her cousin Constance with the first mate! It was an exciting adventure filled with danger, trust, companionship and adorable miniature animals. Go on this fantastic trip – you will enjoy it!!
I read all of her books I have loved them all
Series: Rogues Redeemed #3
Publication Date: 9/25/18
When I saw this was a Mary Jo Putney book I just had to read it. Now, I have to admit that I should have read the description more carefully and I really didn’t care for any of the characters. It took me three days to read the book because I kept putting it down and only reluctantly picked it up again. I won’t say much about the story itself in this review because if you read the book blurb, you pretty much know the story. What I’ll talk about is the characters and why I did/didn’t like them.
My least favorite character in the book is Rory’s father. He’s only mentioned a couple of times – but – well – he supposedly loves her. If he loves her, how can he NOT at least make an effort to come up with the ransom to save her? He doesn’t even look at options or speak to friends – nothing – just decides he can’t come up with the money and she’s in trouble she made and he washes his hands of it. Say what! His wife can come up with half the ransom by selling her jewels and borrowing from friends – yet he cannot contribute anything. He had enough money to come up with a dowry for Constance at the end, but he couldn’t contribute to his daughter’s ransom. Then, at the end he hugs Rory, welcomes her home and all is right with the world. No way!
My next least favorite is Gabriel’s grandfather. Supposedly he was redeemed at the end – but not to me. He sent his grandson into the Royal Navy at twelve years of age and at eighteen, his grandfather disowned him, kicked him out of his house and told him that it would have been better if he had died in battle. Then, when Gabriel is captured and enslaved by Barbary Pirates, he refuses to pay a very modest ransom to save him. Fast forward twelve years when Gabriel has managed to rescue Rory and they are engaged – she wants Gabriel to mend his relationship with his grandfather. So – what is one of the first thing the old reprobate says? “I suppose that only a scandalous girl would accept you.” Later, “I couldn’t bear that you threw that away to save the life of a young man who was a nobody.” Then he proceeds to tell Gabriel that he is welcome because he is now the heir to the barony as his two cousins have died. Grandfather is much older and frailer now and this is supposed to redeem him. I don’t think so. I have to wonder what kind of reception Gabriel and Rory would have gotten if the two cousins hadn’t died and if Gabriel wasn’t now the heir.
Rory, Constance, Gabriel and Jason – I liked all of them okay, but they all seemed so blasé about the possibility of Rory and Constance ending up in a harem. There wasn’t any late night plotting sessions about how to best Gurkan and save Malek’s family without risking Rory and Constance. Nothing. I can assure you that if someone I loved was in that kind of danger, I would NOT be quite so laid back as they were.
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