Pirate's Rose

by Janet Lynnford

The villagers whispered that the mysterious masked man was the legendary pirate called the Beggar King. But in truth he was a renegade nobleman, Lord Christopher Howard, who had landed his vessel off a lonely English seashore. Rozalinde Cavandish, mathematician, navigator and independent daughter of England's richest merchant, was taking an impetuous moonlit walk along the turbulent shore when she was swept into the pirate king's arms. Carried aboard his ship, she entered his storm-tossed world and became intimate with his troubled soul. Their passion for each other caught fire. But could it burn away the veil shrouding Christopher's secret past and hidden agenda? Did he truly want Rozalinde to be his lover, his confidante, his equal, his life? Or was he still a rogue leading her into temptation, heartbreak, and deadly danger to them both...?

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

Reviews

[Callie W]

It had a lot of potential. After the first couple chapters or so it started to slow down. It dragged on and on. The characters grew from deep to uninteresting. It was a struggle to get through. The ending was abrupt and jumbled. It lost its original luster from the first few chapters. The characters repeated arguments as well as love scenes which accounted for half the book and left little for the actual story. The nemesis seemingly disappeared. No conflict between men for the same woman. It grew hard to follow.