What do you think?
Rate this book
Morgan Family Saga #2
Indigo Sea
Married to a Spanish diplomat to secure an alliance between their warring countries, English beauty Anne Morgan becomes the captive of Jonathan Leighton, the dashing English privateer who captures their ship. Original.
- GenresHistorical Romance
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
17 people want to read
About the author
Kathryn Hockett
49 books8 followersKathryn Hockett is the pseudonym of a mother-daughter writing team from Boulder, Colorado.
Kathryn Kramer published her first romance in 1985. Since her debut, she has been nominated four times for, and has twice won, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award. She has also published under the name Katherine Vickery.
Her mother, Marcia Hockett , began her writing career by aiding her daughter in the historical research for her romances. After partaking in eight books, she decided to begin writing her own stories.
Kathryn Kramer published her first romance in 1985. Since her debut, she has been nominated four times for, and has twice won, the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award. She has also published under the name Katherine Vickery.
Her mother, Marcia Hockett , began her writing career by aiding her daughter in the historical research for her romances. After partaking in eight books, she decided to begin writing her own stories.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
May 8, 2025
This story begins in 1583, and opens with our heroine Anne Morgan Navarro - newly married to a Spanish diplomat - returning home from Spain to her native England with her new husband. Along the way, their ship is attacked and captured by the White Griffin, captained by Jonathan Leighton, one of Queen Elizabeth's Sea Dogs. Anne's husband inexplicably jumps overboard when Jonathan's crew boards the Spanish ship, which raises Jonathan's suspicions that Anne's husband must be hiding something. Jonathan takes Anne as his prisoner, convinced that both she and her husband are involved in a Spanish plot against the queen.
...
This book is a sequel to Flame of Desire, a 1986 historical romance by Kathryn Kramer, writing under the name Katherine Vickery. Indigo Sea is written by Kramer in collaboration with her daughter Marcia Hockett, and together they write under the name Kathryn Hockett. Indigo Sea is really only a sequel to Flame of Desire due to the face that Anne is the daughter of Heather and Richard, the main characters from Flame of Desire. Other than that, their two respective storylines are not connected.
Flame of Desire was a real stand out for me, so I was very excited to read its successor. I thought Indigo Sea was also good, but it lacked the oomph that the first book had. The first book had its fair share of 80s bodice ripper melodrama, but also it was a more exciting storyline because the hero and heroine were in the thick of the political intrigue, whereas in this story the characters felt much more removed from the action. I also felt like Anne was kind of a generic heroine, especially compared to Heather from Flame of Desire who I felt was an excellent and naturally compelling heroine.
That all said, I still enjoyed this story quite a bit. I love any story with a privateer/pirate hero. I really enjoy how this author incorporates history into her stories. I also feel like Kathryn Kramer has a way of writing HRs that hooks me and makes me feel invested in the hero and heroine and their love story without me even realizing it. I really enjoy her writing, and would love to add more books by her to my collection. It's actually not very often that I read a HR and actively want to seek out more books from that author to read, but alas I am in a self-imposed book buying freeze at the moment (aside from thrift store finds) so I just have to hope that the Thrift Store Gods bless me with another one of her books soon.
...
This book is a sequel to Flame of Desire, a 1986 historical romance by Kathryn Kramer, writing under the name Katherine Vickery. Indigo Sea is written by Kramer in collaboration with her daughter Marcia Hockett, and together they write under the name Kathryn Hockett. Indigo Sea is really only a sequel to Flame of Desire due to the face that Anne is the daughter of Heather and Richard, the main characters from Flame of Desire. Other than that, their two respective storylines are not connected.
Flame of Desire was a real stand out for me, so I was very excited to read its successor. I thought Indigo Sea was also good, but it lacked the oomph that the first book had. The first book had its fair share of 80s bodice ripper melodrama, but also it was a more exciting storyline because the hero and heroine were in the thick of the political intrigue, whereas in this story the characters felt much more removed from the action. I also felt like Anne was kind of a generic heroine, especially compared to Heather from Flame of Desire who I felt was an excellent and naturally compelling heroine.
That all said, I still enjoyed this story quite a bit. I love any story with a privateer/pirate hero. I really enjoy how this author incorporates history into her stories. I also feel like Kathryn Kramer has a way of writing HRs that hooks me and makes me feel invested in the hero and heroine and their love story without me even realizing it. I really enjoy her writing, and would love to add more books by her to my collection. It's actually not very often that I read a HR and actively want to seek out more books from that author to read, but alas I am in a self-imposed book buying freeze at the moment (aside from thrift store finds) so I just have to hope that the Thrift Store Gods bless me with another one of her books soon.
Displaying 1 of 1 review