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  • Charity's Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

    Charity's Cross by MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure ! Suspected of killing her husband, Charity Westcott flees on the first ship out of Portsmouth, England heading for the colonies. Loathing all men after her abusive marriage, she hopes to reunite with her family in Charles Towne, but the ship’s destination is Nassau...
  • The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Lady Fan returns in another twisty murder case! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Can Lady Fan unravel another mystery…?1793, EnglandAfter a not-so-relaxing holiday in Tunbridge Wells, Lady Ottilia and Lord Francis Fanshawe have returned to their home with a young orphaned girl, Pertesia ‘Pretty’ Brockhurst...
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  • Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey

    Beautiful Tempest by Johanna Lindsey

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey now reveals the tempestuous story of Jacqueline Malory whose furious desire for revenge leads to a confrontation with the handsome pirate who abducted her—and sparks a much steamier kind of desire...
  • No Rest for the Wicked by Lauren Smith

    No Rest for the Wicked by Lauren Smith

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wicked pirate, a lady-turned cabin boy and a love reaching the distant horizon. Your next Pirate Adventure awaits You! A lady’s guide to surviving aboard a pirate ship: 1) Dress as a cabin boy. 2) Avoid drinking too much rum when the handsome captain is around. 3) Do not let the captain kiss you…again...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  m-f  length-medium
  • The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    The Secret of Love by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A STOLEN HEARTWhen Lady Isabella Trevarre first set eyes on Gabriel St. Briac, she announced to her best friend: “That is the man I will marry!” Now a woman grown, Izzie has traded her girlish dreams for the independent life of an artist, but she never quite forgot the dazzling Frenchman who captivated her young heart. When he appears again in Cornwall, sparks of desire kindle between them..
  • Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Wings of the Morning by Lori Wick

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Victoria “Smokey” Simmons stands silently on deck as her father’s body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true...
  • The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall, M.L. Tyndall

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Port Royal, Jamaica 1692 Living in a city deemed the wickedest in the world is no easy task for Miss Juliana Dutton. To make matters worse, with an ailing father and a drunken fool for a brother, she is forced to take over the running of the family business in order to survive...
  • His Make-Believe Bride by Cynthia Wright

    His Make-Believe Bride by Cynthia Wright

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    GUARDED HEARTSA French pirate of smoldering passions, Justin St. Briac has vowed never to marry. However, when his manipulative mother beckons him to her deathbed in Cornwall, he succumbs to her plea that he take a bride – devising an elaborate charade to appear to grant her dying wish...
  • The Duke's Privateer by Amy Jarecki

    The Duke's Privateer by Amy Jarecki

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to women, the Duke of Danby is an audacious rake, but when it comes to ridding the kingdom of smugglers, he’s leading the charge. The Prince Regent has bankrupted the country more than once, and Danby isn’t about to go down with a sinking ship...
  • My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner

    My Name Is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  war  length-epic
  • The Heart of an Earl by K.J. Jackson

    The Heart of an Earl by K.J. Jackson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A lady willing to do anything to escape death. A long lost earl determined to stay adrift. Fates meet and a cursed journey begins, sparking to life an attraction that will consume both of them in this newest novel from USA Today Bestseller, K.J. Jackson. A lady willing to do anything to escape death...
  • The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    The Redemption by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    2006 Christy Award Nominee! The Redemption is a rousing pirate adventure filled with sea battles, chases, arrests, and betrayal. Tyndall expertly interweaves history with fiction to create a spellbinding tale any lover of pirate romance will enjoy...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  christian  historical  length-long
  • The Georgian Romance Collection: Ask for It / Passion for the Game / A Passion for Him / Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day

    The Georgian Romance Collection: Ask for It / Passion for the Game / A Passion for Him / Don't Tempt Me by Sylvia Day

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Four Georgian romance novels from No. 1 bestselling author, Sylvia Day, now available in one exclusive e-bundle Ask For It - Agent to the Crown, Marcus Ashford has fought numerous sword fights and dodged bullets. Yet nothing arouses him more than his hunger for former fiance, Elizabeth. Years ago, she'd abandoned him for the charming Lord Hawthorne...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  georgian  historical  length-epic
  • Lord of the Sea by Danelle Harmon

    Lord of the Sea by Danelle Harmon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A Sea Devil Who’s Reckless At Heart...Captain Connor Merrick’s thirst for danger has brought him fame and fortune as one of the most brazenly successful privateers of the War of 1812. But deep beneath his swagger, derring-do and charm, the handsome American captain is hiding a devastating secret, and he’ll go to any lengths to protect it . . .A Beauty Who Gets More Than She Bargained For..
  • The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham

    The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Far Horizon is the fourth and final installment in the Award-Winning Pirate Wolf series. The series follows the Dante family through forty years of turbulent sea adventures, beginning with the patriarch fighting alongside Sir Francis Drake, and ending with Jonas Dante's pursuit of revenge.Jonas Dante is the eldest son of Simon Dante, the infamous Pirate Wolf...
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    pirates  historical  medieval  length-medium
  • Once Upon a Pirate by Merry Farmer, Amy Rose Bennett

    Once Upon a Pirate by Merry Farmer, Amy Rose Bennett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As perilous battles, treachery and revenge give way to sinful kisses, no heart is safe. Set sail to the lush heat of the Tropics, the storm-tossed Northern realms, the wild Barbary Coast, and the hazardous waters of the South Seas, for tales of scandalous adventure and smouldering desire. Masterful pirate lords. Courageous heroines. Defying danger in pursuit of all-consuming love...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  length-epic
  • In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie by Cora Harrington, Dita Von Teese

    In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie by Cora Harrington, Dita Von Teese

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A comprehensive and accessible illustrated guide to lingerie from intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict, the internet's top intimate apparel blog.While many love the idea of wearing special underthings, lingerie can be intimidating...
    Categorized as:
    bdsm  historical  length-short
  • Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Blue Enchantress by M.L. Tyndall, MaryLu Tyndall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How does a British Admiral’s daughter end up being sold as a slave on the auction block in St. Kitts? Could it be the loss of her mother, the verbal abuse of a strict father, the violation by a family member? Or maybe that her sister is a pirate! All these things and more drove Hope Westcott to seek love and value in the arms of unscrupulous men and hence into this dire situation...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  christian  historical  length-medium
  • The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch

    The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Though her heart longs for adventure, Elise strives to be a perfect English lady living within the stifling confines of society for the sake of her impressionable young son. Her quiet world is shattered when she meets the impulsive and scandalous Jared Amesbury. His roguish charm awakens her yearning for adventure. But his irrepressible grin and sea-green eyes hide a secret...
  • My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon

    My Lady Pirate by Danelle Harmon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note to readers: This e-book is an extensively revised edition of the 1994 paperback. Proud Pirate Queen. With her feisty band of warrior women, Maeve Merrick, the notorious Pirate Queen of the Caribbean, commands the seas in her beautiful schooner Kestrel. Burned by the treachery of men and nursing a painful betrayal from her past, Maeve wants for nothing ..
  • Sold to the Russian by Isabella Laase

    Sold to the Russian by Isabella Laase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She was sold. Now she will be claimed.When Zoya Zhvania is shipped off to New York and forced into a marriage with powerful Russian mob boss Pavel Petruskenkov, she expects to be treated cruelly. But as she lies naked and helpless before the man who now owns her, still sore from a stern lesson in obedience over his knee, it is not fear that leaves Zoya quivering in her bonds...
  • The Following Sea by Marsha Canham

    The Following Sea by Marsha Canham

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    3rd in Canham's Pirate Wolf trilogy. This time the story focuses on Gabriel Dante, taking up where The Iron Rose left off as he sails away from battle with horrendous wounds and half a crew on board a captured ship. On his way home to the safety of Pigeon Cay, Dante crosses paths with a strange ship sailing in circles, showing no signs of life on her deserted decks...
  • His Wicked Seduction by Jade Lee

    His Wicked Seduction by Jade Lee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ". . . this is the best Jade Lee novel I've read to date. I laughed, I cried and thoroughly enjoyed myself!" ~eBook Discovery Seven years enslaved by Barbary pirates, Kit Frasier finally earns his freedom and returns to England, his heart hungry for revenge. Rose, flower of the English aristocracy, believes Kit to be dramatic, rich, and the catch of the Season...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  regency  historical  length-medium
  • Fire and Ice by Catherine Hart

    Fire and Ice by Catherine Hart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Kathleen Haley is a beautiful Irish lass who inherits her father's fleet of ships. Kathleen is skilled at sailing, swordsmanship, and possesses a unique connection to the sea and its creatures, talents known only to a select few. Now she must sail to Savannah to reside with relatives. On the voyage, circumstances force her to marry the captain hired to escort her...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  regency  historical  length-long
  • Ransome's Quest by Kaye Dacus

    Ransome's Quest by Kaye Dacus

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The pirate El Salvador has haunted the waters of the Caribbean for almost ten years. When he snatched Charlotte Ransome, it was a case of mistaken identity. Now Charlotte’s brother, whose reputation in battle is the stuff of legend, is searching for him with a dogged determination...
  • Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman

    Never Trust a Pirate by Valerie Bowman

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The rules of engagement were never so scandalous. . . A rumored pirate and the scurrilous black sheep of his well-to- do family, Cade Cavendish relishes his world of rebellion, deception, and seduction. Nothing and no one can hold him to be the duty-bound, honorable man he is expected to be...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  regency  historical  m-f  length-medium
  • The Spanish Rose by Shirlee Busbee

    The Spanish Rose by Shirlee Busbee

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    From the High Seas to the English and Spanish courts, two enemies test the bounds of passion, love, and truth in Shirlee Busbee’s The Spanish Rose. —Caribbean High Seas, 1664— Gabriel Lancaster is her family's bitterest enemy…and now he stands before her, his magnificent body in chains, captured by her brother...
  • The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway by Erica Ridley

    The Pirate's Tempting Stowaway by Erica Ridley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Captain Blackheart leads a simple life of roving the seas, wenching and treasure-hunting. He steers clear of romantic entanglements that could tie him to land...
  • The Pirate Prince by Connie Mason

    The Pirate Prince by Connie Mason

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She was a jewel among women, brighter than the moon and stars. Her hair shone like newly minted gold, and her skin was as smooth and iridescent as an exquisite pearl. Her lips were lush and pink, made for kissing...and more erotic purposes. She was a pirate's prize, yet he could not so much as touch her...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  length-medium
  • Come the Night by Christina Skye

    Come the Night by Christina Skye

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With all England trembling at his criminal exploits, a highwayman finds himself undefended against the beauty of flame-haired Silver St. Clair, who seeks his aid in recovering her family's precious formula for an exquisite perfume...
  • Fire & Ice by Catherine Hart

    Fire & Ice by Catherine Hart

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sailing from England to her family estate in Savannah, Kathleen Haley meets the dashing and domineering Captain Reed Taylor, whose actions during a rampaging storm at sea determine her fate. Original...
  • As You Wish by Eloisa James

    As You Wish by Eloisa James

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James come two stunningly sensual stories in which gentlemen who rule the waves learn that true danger lies not on the high seas, but in the mistakes that can break a heart…and ruin a life forever...
  • Chance The Winds of Fortune by Laurie McBain

    Chance The Winds of Fortune by Laurie McBain

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Fortune smiled on Dante Leighton, titled lord turned pirate. Sailing before the Sea Dragon's towering masts, he plundered hearts and cargoes from the Carolinas to Trinidad's turquoise lagoons. But one treasure always eluded him ...
  • Branded Ann by Merry Shannon

    Branded Ann by Merry Shannon

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    No pirate on the high seas is more bloodthirsty than the notorious Branded Ann, a woman with eyes like ice and a face marred by a mysterious cross-shaped scar. When she raids a merchant vessel bound for Jamaica, her only objective is to obtain the map that will lead her to a legendary treasure. But she hadn't bargained on taking Violet, the merchant's young widow, on board her ship as a prisoner...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  f-f  historical  queer  length-short
  • Restless Sea Lord by Elizabeth Rose

    Restless Sea Lord by Elizabeth Rose

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rowen the Restless is one of the bastard triplets of King Edward III. At birth, the king ordered them killed, fearing the superstitions of triplets being evil spawns of the devil who would only bring him bad luck. However, someone doesn't want the babies to die, and the boys' lives are saved in secret...
  • Seeking Philbert Woodbead by Anya Wylde

    Seeking Philbert Woodbead by Anya Wylde

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Miss Celine Fairweather’s life was bobbing along like a boat on a tranquil stream when a summons from her beloved sister Penelope Radclyff, the Duchess of Blackthorne, changed it all. Celine hurtles off to the London to help the duchess run the Blackthorne Mansion and to discover the whereabouts of her lost love Philbert Woodbead...
  • His Saving Grace by Sharon Cullen

    His Saving Grace by Sharon Cullen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Mary Balogh, Sharon Cullen’s captivating novel tells the deeply emotional tale of two devoted lovers facing the ravages of war. For months now, Lady Grace Ashworth has mourned the death of her beloved husband—until the day a very-much-alive Michael arrives at her front door. It’s nothing less than a miracle...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  georgian  open-door
  • Love Me, Marietta by Jennifer Wilde

    Love Me, Marietta by Jennifer Wilde

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her beauty was power...men fought to touch her, hold her, staked claim to her body and her heart. Derek Hawke, once her master, now openly vowed his love, promising her a place as mistress of his English estate. Red Nick, the cruel pirate, showered her with jewels and challenged her hauteur with his passion...
  • Captain's Bride by Kat Martin

    Captain's Bride by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Captain Blackwell was a rake and rogue...a devilishly handsome scoundrel who used women and tossed them aside. Marriage was the last thing on his mind. Then a wealthy plantation owner invited the captain to his daughter's nineteenth birthday party - an obvious attempt at matchmaking. Young Glory Summerfield was spoiled, pampered...and breathtakingly beautiful...
  • Captive Embraces by Fern Michaels

    Captive Embraces by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bestselling author Fern Michaels has thrilled generations of readers with her glorious love stories and sweeping romantic sagas. Here is a classic historical tale of passion on the high seas as one woman dares to win back the man who stole her fortune–and her heart. . . .Proud and beautiful Sirena Cordez once commanded her own ship, battling pirates to avenge her sister’s brutal death...
  • Captive Secrets by Fern Michaels

    Captive Secrets by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "This bestselling author is as polished as they come." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Fury van der Rhys is the daughter of Sirena, the beautiful Sea Siren, who rode the high seas as commander of a frigate, plundering the ships of the Dutch East India Company...
  • Love's Peril by Cheryl Holt

    Love's Peril by Cheryl Holt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    CHERYL HOLT delivers another gripping tale of love, betrayal, loyalty and family, proving once again why she's hailed as a women's fiction powerhouse. In this explosive conclusion to her 'Lord Trent' trilogy, readers will be sighing with pleasure and cheering with delight. John Sinclair leads a double life...
  • Captive Innocence by Fern Michaels

    Captive Innocence by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They vowed to remain the bitterest of enemies, even as their love ignited in a frenzy of desire and surrender....Only Fern Michaels could tell this rapturous tale of love among the lush plantations of exotic Brazil...
  • Deirdre by Linda Windsor

    Deirdre by Linda Windsor

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Saxon pirate prince, loyal to neither God nor country, is skeptical of his Christian mother's predictions about his birthright... until he captures a devout princess with the key to both heavenly and earthly kingdoms...
  • The Blond Devil of the Sea by Celeste Barclay

    The Blond Devil of the Sea by Celeste Barclay

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. What happens when a lady smuggler meets a ruthless pirate? Caragh Pedrick is used to men on the wrong side of the law since she runs her Cornish village’s smuggling ring. Fishing no longer feeds their families in her coastal village, so she puts her resourcefulness and bravery to use...
  • My Heart's Desire by Andrea Kane, Carolyn Tolley

    My Heart's Desire by Andrea Kane, Carolyn Tolley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Never were there two more unlikely people to fall in love... Lady Alexandria Cassel scorned London's frivolous social whirl, seeking adventure as a stowawayaboard a merchant ship. Drake Barrett was the vessel's powerful captain -- and a cynical duke who disdained a noble's shallow life...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  regency  length-long
  • Ashes & Ecstasy by Catherine Hart

    Ashes & Ecstasy by Catherine Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Ecstatically happy in her marriage to handsome gentleman pirate Reed Taylor, Kathleen is never far from her beloved husband's side-until their idyllic existence is shattered by the onset of the War of 1812. Her worst fears are realized when she receives word that Reed's ship, the Kat-Ann, has been sunk, and all aboard have perished...
  • Louisiana History Collection - Part 1  (Louisiana History Boxed Sets) by Jennifer Blake

    Louisiana History Collection - Part 1 (Louisiana History Boxed Sets) by Jennifer Blake

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Romance ignites amidst the tumult of a territory striving to find its identity as it passes from pre-colonial rule to US statehood and beyond. Parts 1 and 2 of the Louisiana History Collection present these lush, politically tense historical romances in chronological order...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  historical  open-door  length-epic
  • Ashes and Ecstasy by Catherine Hart

    Ashes and Ecstasy by Catherine Hart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kathleen and Reed are back in the sequel to Fire and Ice, but their idyllic life in Savannah is about to be ripped apart by the onset of the War of 1812. When Reed enlists as a privateer offering his ships and services to the fledgling American Navy, Kathleen yearns to go along, but must remain behind to care for their children...
    Categorized as:
    pirates  regency  historical  length-long
  • Sea Scoundrel by Annette Blair

    Sea Scoundrel by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Lady Patience Kendall crossed the sea to marry, but her intended died before she arrived. Penniless and stranded, she found only one way to get home: charge four hapless American Colonials to find them titled husbands in London. At the ship, she realized their mothers expected each to wed the Marquess of Andover, but how hard could it be to seek an introduction? Meanwhile, Captain Grant St...
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