Review: Great Twist on a Pirate Story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
The Notorious Lady AnneWho doesn't enjoy a swashbuckling tale of a pirate, capturing a ship, and kidnapping an attractive passenger! The difference in this tale of a pirate and the kidnapped passenger? The Pirate is Lady Emmaline Southerland, better known on the high seas as Lady Anne. Her captive is Nicholas Addison, officer of the Royal Navy and brother of an Earl.Emmaline and Nicholas first meet at a social event in England, and there is quickly an attraction. The next time they meet it's with gun shots and smoke surrounding them. Nicholas realizes that Lady Anne, the legendary pirate and subject of wild stories, is very real and she has kidnapped him! Nicholas is in turmoil, trying to fight his lust for her, and condemning her tactics for revenge. The revenge she is looking for is against her father, Lord Blackwell. He rejected her and her claim as his daughter. She now had a purpose in her life...to bring him down.I was touched by the description Lady Anne gave of herself. " She was a woman in biology only, a warrior in mind, and at heart a woman bent on destruction." She cared for nothing but her mission, or so she thought. When Nicholas entered her life, he made her question everything, and made her feel like an attractive , charming woman, something she hated.The road to Lady Anne's / Emmaline Southerlands and Nicholas Addison's " Happily Ever After" is not an easy one. Love, loyalty and honor sometimes don't mix well. They both have to accept their difficult pasts, and work together for a future.I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys historical novels , a beautiful Pirate with her very attractive captive, and their sail on the high seas.I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.