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Shipwrecked
Fiery and strong-willed Anna Stanton boldly accepts a betrothal to Lieutenant Jonathan Arbor, a ruthless man who agrees to pay her ruined family handsomely if she leaves England and joins him in the New World.
Having lost everything in the failed Scottish rising against the English Crown, devilishly handsome Rowan Murray finds himself shackled with his brothers Quinn and Malcolm and transported to the New World as an indentured prisoner. A stroke of luck causes the Mary Catherine to sink, and the Murray brothers find themselves shipwrecked on the shores of a new and dangerous land.
When Rowan rescues the mysterious Anna Stanton from the aftermath of the shipwreck, he finds himself torn between loyalty to his brothers and an unexpected attraction that he feels towards the English lass. The Murray brothers endeavor to escort Anna into the care of her betrothed, and the undeniable passion between Anna and Rowan blooms, binding them with forbidden desires. Despite Anna’s duty to marry Jonathan, but she finds herself falling deeply and irrevocable in love with Rowan – a man that she knows that she can never have.
When they finally succumb to their desires, Rowan and Anna embark on a passionate, forbidden love affair, each aware that their love cannot survive their duties to their families. Rowan vows to move heaven and Earth to defy Anna’s fate and reclaim her from jealous and vengeful Jonathan Arbor. How can he force himself to walk away from the only woman that he has ever loved?
Having lost everything in the failed Scottish rising against the English Crown, devilishly handsome Rowan Murray finds himself shackled with his brothers Quinn and Malcolm and transported to the New World as an indentured prisoner. A stroke of luck causes the Mary Catherine to sink, and the Murray brothers find themselves shipwrecked on the shores of a new and dangerous land.
When Rowan rescues the mysterious Anna Stanton from the aftermath of the shipwreck, he finds himself torn between loyalty to his brothers and an unexpected attraction that he feels towards the English lass. The Murray brothers endeavor to escort Anna into the care of her betrothed, and the undeniable passion between Anna and Rowan blooms, binding them with forbidden desires. Despite Anna’s duty to marry Jonathan, but she finds herself falling deeply and irrevocable in love with Rowan – a man that she knows that she can never have.
When they finally succumb to their desires, Rowan and Anna embark on a passionate, forbidden love affair, each aware that their love cannot survive their duties to their families. Rowan vows to move heaven and Earth to defy Anna’s fate and reclaim her from jealous and vengeful Jonathan Arbor. How can he force himself to walk away from the only woman that he has ever loved?
200 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 16, 2012
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August 3, 2019
Free Kindle book. I abandoned this in the fourth chapter. I liked the initial idea of the heroine agreeing to travel across an ocean to marry a man she had never met to save her family. Almost drowning when her ship sinks and getting rescued by a good-looking, msterious guy just makes it the perfect historical Harlequin novel. Unfortunately I lost all belief in the story when they then proceeded to have a fully blown meet and greet with the rest of his family while bobbing along in the ocean. Excuse me, didn't we just almost drown and are drifting in the ocean, presumably surrounded by debris and recently drowned corpses? I skimmed through another chapter, then decided that this is not for me.
November 3, 2013
Started out okay, then degenerated into anachronisms, nonsense, and porn. Like how can you gamble with no money to ante up, and since when did they have indoor ladies' rooms in mid 18th century country inns? Then we suddenly had a witch trial based on...duh, absolutely nothing. How did we go backwards about a century, did they jump into a time travel machine or what? The witch trial idiocy should earn a place as a low point in the history of fiction...seriously. The one good thing I can say about this book is that it was short--wish it had been shorter and ended at about the 70% mark.
February 9, 2016
...no glaring typos? It donned on him that she had not invited him inside the house. Or, "So their gambling!" Anna exclaimed, rolling her eyes.
Generally speaking, everything in this book felt too convenient. Characters don't have enough personality to really get into the story. The last 30% is just ridiculousness, selfishness, and sex.
Generally speaking, everything in this book felt too convenient. Characters don't have enough personality to really get into the story. The last 30% is just ridiculousness, selfishness, and sex.
October 26, 2012
Other than no glaring typos, I can't find anything good to say about this book.
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