A Safe Haven

Cornish Clay #0

by Rowena Summers

Sussex coast, England, 1763. As lovely young widow Sarah Huxley celebrates her 21st birthday at the family seat of her uncle, Lord Endor, the celebrations are interrupted by an invited the notorious pirate Black Robbie, and his pirate crew. By the time Robbie has collected his spoils from the guests, it is clear to Sarah that this is no common cutthroat, and that there is an attraction between them which is mutual. So when Sarah subsequently discovers that her uncle has decided upon her second - and unwanted - husband, she finds Robbie to be her unlikely saviour as he helps her escape, taking her with him to sea. On their return, now very much in love, Sarah and Robbie find a safe haven near the Lizard coast in Cornwall. But trouble is round the corner. Will Robbie ever be able to claim his Scottish inheritance - as Robert Argyll?

384 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Jean Innes was born on 8 February 1932 in London, England, but she have lived in the West Country almost all her life. She married with Geoff Saunders, her childhood sweetheart, and they have three grown up children. She lived in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, where she wrote full time. She passed away on 3 August 2011, after contracting an illness, after being rushed to Weston General Hospital.

Jean began her career as a magazine writer and had published around 600 short stories. She start to published gothic romance novels under her married name Jean Saunders and her maiden name Jean Innes in the 1970s. In 1980s, she created, to wrote historical romances, two pseudonyms, her most popular, Rowena Summers and Sally Blake. In 1991 her novel, "The Bannister Girls," was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of Year award. In 2004, she began to used the penname Rachel Moore.

She was an active member and enthusiast of Swanwick, the Writers' Summer School, which takes place in Derbyshire, England, every August, she was a committee member several times, and also Vice-Chairman. She was elected the seventeenth Chairman (1993-1995) of the Romantic Novelists' Association. As a member of the Romance Writers of America she had given talks at conferences in various venues of the USA. She was a member of the Crime Writers' Association. She also was a member and past committee member of the West Country Writers' Association.

Reviews

[Shirley Hamlod · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an enjoyable tale of adventure on the high seas. Robbie and Sarah’s story is interesting and exciting. I was mildly disappointed with the ending as I felt it needed an epilogue to satisfy y need to know how they got on.

[Emma Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was intriguing and adventurous story. It is a tale of piracy, love and adventure on the sea.