Pirate Bride

by Elizabeth August

DANGEROUS SEAS

No man had ever stirred Kathleen. Until now. As Jonathan Ashford stood, proud and defiant, awaiting "justice" at the hands of his pirate captors, he had touched something deep within her. He could not, must not, die! With reckless courage born of desire, she acted to save them both ...

A buccaneer beauty with blood on her hands --- that had been Jonathan's first sight of Kathleen James. But all she had done to ensure his survival had proven the young woman was no ruthless pirate wench. Why, then, did she refuse to be his true-bound bride?

Genres: Historical Romance, Pirates, Romance

298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1992

About the author

Betty Marie Wilhite had always wanted to write. She married Doug, and they had three boys, the first was Douglas Jr., four years later Benjamin, and nine years later the last, Matthew. The family lived in Wilmington, Delaware. She began writing romances soon after Matthew was born. She wrote under the pseudonyms of Betsy Page, Elizabeth Douglas, Elizabeth August and Kathleen Ward.

Reviews

[Elena Micheli · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Spazfungus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The lover's deep fear of entrapping each other into a loveless marriage, their mis-communications and resulting misunderstood feelings aren't overly contrived, and given the circumstances, quite imaginable. Kate is resourceful and practical. John is insensitive to issues beyond his understanding, but strives to do his best. A quick fun read.

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Due to a deathbed promise extracted by her mother, Kate saves John from pirates by marrying him. They escape the pirate ship, travel to John's home. Kate doesn't want to entrap, provoked by his mother's ambition to marry a titled heiress, refuses to acknowledge marriage, kidnapped by Indians, John saves her, but afraid of confining her, let's her go. Kate starts a new life alone, found falsely guilty of pirating, John comes to proves her innocence, takes her home, along the way, attacked by real pirates, pirates killed, Kate hurt. Eventually realizing they love each other, agree to marry officially.

[Cristina Contilli]

"Finalmente una notte si rese conto che non avrebbe mai potuto concedersi a Mr Demont. Nel suo cuore e nel suo animo era ancora la moglie di Jonathan Ashford."

Più che una storia a 2 è una storia a 4 nel senso che entrambi i protagonisti, dopo essere stati sposati tra loro, vengono separati da una serie di eventi e si fidanzano con altre persone arrivando quasi alle soglie di un nuovo matrimonio... un tipo di trama abbastanza originale in un romance, però, non molto romantica!!!