When a hardened pirate meets a proper English rose…Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited!A bitter man, pirate Jack Shadow Stirling cares for little but his ship and his crew. But disaster strikes the Golden Orion; driven leagues off course in a storm, his men begin dropping like flies from typhus. Forced to anchor in a bay on the West Africa coast to see to his men and mend damage to the hull, … men and mend damage to the hull, Jack and three of his crew go in search of fresh water and meat to shore up their dwindling supplies. What he finds surprises him – an English lady, whom he likens to a rare orchid, is treating the sick from a nearby village, while her botanist brother, Alexander Bromley, searches for specimens.
Startled by pirates invading her small camp, Lydia Bromley snatches up her pistol and aims it at the tall, dark-haired, handsome devil who leads them. Unfazed, he grins at her and warns her that should she shoot him with a muff pistol, she would fail to kill him. But he would be annoyed.
Thus begins Lydia’s journey, discovering the love and romance she’d thought denied her… with a pirate!
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Off the west African coast 1738 You never know where you will wind up in a Pirates of Britannia adventure and this one was definately in an unexpected place!
When pirate Jack “Shadow” Stirling was forced to make land, he knew he needed food and medicine or all his crew would soon be dead from Typhus.
What he unexpectedly finds is a camp with a woman, Lydia Bromley who is helping heal the natives and her brother Alex who is searching out plants to be used for potential medicines.
Feeling it their duty to try to help his crew, Lydia and Alex gather up their medicines to go with him to the ship. Unfortunately they get attacked by the natives before they can make the ship and Alex gets shot with an arrow.
I really enjoy Maggi’s stories and can say she has written a page turning adventure that will take you away to a land of pirates, the seas and an unexpected attraction that will draw you to every word!! I really enjoyed and I know you will as well!
I am so enjoying these Pirates of Britannia stories!! Maggi Anderson does a wonderful job writing this one and I’m now completely in love with Captain Jack Shadow Stirling!!!! lol
Jack, having no memory of his first 13 years of life, is now a pirate and captain of his own ship. Lydia Bromley lives on an African island helping her brother, a botanist and also giving medical aid to a nearby village. When Jack and Lydia meet, little do they know how much their lives will change! Adventure on the high seas and then decisions to be made by both of them. There’s even a parrot with a filthy mouth! lol
I do highly recommend this book!!
I love to read something where the good guy isn’t all that he should be, slightly tainted and doesn’t measure up, while the bad guy impressively steps up to the plate and wows me. Such is the case when comparing Alexander Bromley, brother and protector of his sister, Lydia, and Jack Sterling, captain of a pirate ship.
It’s also fun to watch a hardened pirate basically melt at a woman’s feet. Lydia has been much the shadow for her brother, a botanist in a place he should never be and who’s been there for two years! She doesn’t have any wiles, outwardly make of stern stuff. Jack’s interest is sparked, but dare not do his usual grab and take. This time his heart is held captive. He wants her. Such a gentleman! Who would have thought!
Circumstances show the reader the passionate and understanding woman Lydia is and destiny gives her a way out, albeit a very wet one! Destiny also provides Jack with some very valuable information. And hope.
Author Andersen kept me on the edge of my chair, thoroughly watching the antics between Jack and Lydia. Dialogue sets the tone between these two, with subtle undertones of I-wish-it-were-different.
If you are reader of the Pirates of Britannia Connected World, you’ll find Andersen’s contribution to this Dragonmedia Publishing series equally as exciting as the others.
Excellent swashbuckling adventure!