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"It's 1745. Betrayed, kidnapped, and stranded in the Caribbean, Irish beauty Jaidyn Donelly realizes her only hope for making money - and gaining a passage north - is with her luscious body. Irresistible client Connor O'Driscoll has other plans for Jaidyn, though, offering her passage to the Carolinas in exchange for a voyage filled with delicious sin. But their intoxicating passion forces Connor to hide a dangerous truth that his arrival in Georgetown puts his life on the line. Now their desire is as fierce as the ocean swells, but while the ship nears its destination, so too does the treachery of their secrets. Riding the waves of urgency, Jaidyn and Connor determine to right the wrongs of their past and risk all for a future together"--P. [4] of cover.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Chloe Harris
11 books18 followersChloe Harris is really the pseudonym for two writers, Noelle (owner of books listed) and Barbra, who've joined forces to write intriguing and sexy stories.
A quintessential eccentric southerner, Noelle seems to find a story in almost everything. Ever ambitious to change her stars, she has a degree in Communications.
Barbra lives together with her cat ('Princess Mimi'), who naturally isn't very happy that she is spending so much time on writing. But this folly of the living can opener with opposable thumbs is mostly tolerated.
A quintessential eccentric southerner, Noelle seems to find a story in almost everything. Ever ambitious to change her stars, she has a degree in Communications.
Barbra lives together with her cat ('Princess Mimi'), who naturally isn't very happy that she is spending so much time on writing. But this folly of the living can opener with opposable thumbs is mostly tolerated.
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July 10, 2025
Stopped at 55%.
They just don’t have the same chemistry as the couple from the first book. I might come back later though
They just don’t have the same chemistry as the couple from the first book. I might come back later though
December 2, 2010
The sex scenes were not as arousing as other erotic books. The plot was incomplete with several unanswered questions.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
There is a lot of sex, with all the expected ingredients, but it was missing emotional pull. The characters felt cardboard. I wasn’t pulled into their feelings. Before she met Connor Jaidyn had sex one time. When she has sex with Connor for the first time she is surprised at her feelings. Each time they have sex he does something new, she is surprised, and then she has her climax. That’s the way it went throughout the book. From his side, he does A. Next time he does B. Next time he does C. He thinks she’s the perfect once-in-a-lifetime mate for him because he gets such a high from doing all these things to her. It made me wonder if it really works that way for guys. He spends all this time tying her up and pleasuring her in so many different ways. And then at the end he takes a quick turn for his own finish. Is it really that great of a thing for him? I don’t mean to sound negative, but that’s the state of my mind coming out of this book. As a comparison I think of Lisa Marie Rice. In her books, her guys are “so turned on they need to be hosed down.” She’s great at showing the guy’s emotions. Rice’s guy is so crazy with lust he can’t wait to walk two more steps to the bed.
Sex scenes in this book include: ménage a trois MWM, spanking, whipping, sex toys, bondage, rear door activities, and one short partial scene of two men together.
As to the plot, there were too many unanswered questions. I wanted details and motives of Connor’s crime in Georgetown. What did Gabby initially say, why did she change her mind, and what did she confess at the end? I wanted more story about Talbott in the past and currently. Why is Kier so cold and distant? What hurt him? See Spoiler below for another question. The surprise at the end was too convenient, coincidental, and contrived. I like happy endings, but this felt thrown in. I wanted to see the logic behind it happening.
STORY BRIEF:
Jaidyn came from a well-to-do family in Ireland. For reasons to be discovered later, she is stranded in Granada with no money. She needs to get to Georgetown in the Colonies. She plans to be a prostitute until she has enough money to pay for passage on a ship. Her first client is Connor. He is captain of a ship. He offers to take her to the Colonies in return for her being his mistress on the journey. She agrees. They have lots of sex on the way. Connor is wanted for a crime in Georgetown. He will be hanged if he is caught there.
DATA:
Story length: 264 pages. Swearing language: moderate, including religious swear words. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 10. Estimated number of sex scene pages: 177. Setting: 1700s or 1800s in Granada, Georgetown (S. Carolina), and the sea. Copyright: 2010. Genre: erotic historical high seas romance.
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CAUTION SPOILER:
I never understood why Jaidyn’s father married her by proxy and why the other person agreed to it. What were the intentions and motives?
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
There is a lot of sex, with all the expected ingredients, but it was missing emotional pull. The characters felt cardboard. I wasn’t pulled into their feelings. Before she met Connor Jaidyn had sex one time. When she has sex with Connor for the first time she is surprised at her feelings. Each time they have sex he does something new, she is surprised, and then she has her climax. That’s the way it went throughout the book. From his side, he does A. Next time he does B. Next time he does C. He thinks she’s the perfect once-in-a-lifetime mate for him because he gets such a high from doing all these things to her. It made me wonder if it really works that way for guys. He spends all this time tying her up and pleasuring her in so many different ways. And then at the end he takes a quick turn for his own finish. Is it really that great of a thing for him? I don’t mean to sound negative, but that’s the state of my mind coming out of this book. As a comparison I think of Lisa Marie Rice. In her books, her guys are “so turned on they need to be hosed down.” She’s great at showing the guy’s emotions. Rice’s guy is so crazy with lust he can’t wait to walk two more steps to the bed.
Sex scenes in this book include: ménage a trois MWM, spanking, whipping, sex toys, bondage, rear door activities, and one short partial scene of two men together.
As to the plot, there were too many unanswered questions. I wanted details and motives of Connor’s crime in Georgetown. What did Gabby initially say, why did she change her mind, and what did she confess at the end? I wanted more story about Talbott in the past and currently. Why is Kier so cold and distant? What hurt him? See Spoiler below for another question. The surprise at the end was too convenient, coincidental, and contrived. I like happy endings, but this felt thrown in. I wanted to see the logic behind it happening.
STORY BRIEF:
Jaidyn came from a well-to-do family in Ireland. For reasons to be discovered later, she is stranded in Granada with no money. She needs to get to Georgetown in the Colonies. She plans to be a prostitute until she has enough money to pay for passage on a ship. Her first client is Connor. He is captain of a ship. He offers to take her to the Colonies in return for her being his mistress on the journey. She agrees. They have lots of sex on the way. Connor is wanted for a crime in Georgetown. He will be hanged if he is caught there.
DATA:
Story length: 264 pages. Swearing language: moderate, including religious swear words. Sexual language: strong/erotic. Number of sex scenes: 10. Estimated number of sex scene pages: 177. Setting: 1700s or 1800s in Granada, Georgetown (S. Carolina), and the sea. Copyright: 2010. Genre: erotic historical high seas romance.
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CAUTION SPOILER:
I never understood why Jaidyn’s father married her by proxy and why the other person agreed to it. What were the intentions and motives?
July 28, 2017
This is the sequel to Secrets of Sin, a strange and wild book. This book is just as weird, but I guess I was burnt out by the first one because I couldn't finish this one. This one starts with the hero and his best friend having a threesome with the heroine, a prostitute. She's new to the house and needs someone to teach her the ropes of being a whore. To be honest, I'm not really sure why a threesome with a pair of paying customers is the best why to teach a prostitute, but I'll go with it. This scene was also in the first book although it plays out a little differently due to the different pov. After the best friend leaves to win back his (rightfully) estranged wife, the hero and the heroine continue banging for a while, and the hero is super into her, but has to leave to meet up with his bf. While he's with him, he learns that the heroine was actually a virgin, so he runs back to rescue or something.
So, about the virginity thing. The heroine had had a lover before (but only once!!!), but apparently their banging didn't break her hymen? Or something? Idk, this was around the time I stopped because it was too weird for me. This is like the trope of "I only ever had one lover one time but I'm still an innocent angel" taken to the absolute extreme. She's banged, but her hymen is still there for the hero to break. Look, if the heroine has had a lover before that's fine, but don't jump through hoops trying to claim that she's still a virgin and pure for our hero when she isn't. She's had a life before him, and that's fine, there doesn't need to be any justification about why she's still good enough for him. I'd rather talk about the hero's weird sex life than the heroine's (unfortunately, there was far less homoeroticism in this book than the previous one. I wonder if people complained to the author about it.).
Both have some sort of mysterious past going on, but I didn't really get far enough for that. I liked the first book better-it was weird, but enjoyable enough to read. This one was eyeroll inducing and lacked the weird things that made the first compelling enough to finish. However, I would give this entire series a pass.
So, about the virginity thing. The heroine had had a lover before (but only once!!!), but apparently their banging didn't break her hymen? Or something? Idk, this was around the time I stopped because it was too weird for me. This is like the trope of "I only ever had one lover one time but I'm still an innocent angel" taken to the absolute extreme. She's banged, but her hymen is still there for the hero to break. Look, if the heroine has had a lover before that's fine, but don't jump through hoops trying to claim that she's still a virgin and pure for our hero when she isn't. She's had a life before him, and that's fine, there doesn't need to be any justification about why she's still good enough for him. I'd rather talk about the hero's weird sex life than the heroine's (unfortunately, there was far less homoeroticism in this book than the previous one. I wonder if people complained to the author about it.).
Both have some sort of mysterious past going on, but I didn't really get far enough for that. I liked the first book better-it was weird, but enjoyable enough to read. This one was eyeroll inducing and lacked the weird things that made the first compelling enough to finish. However, I would give this entire series a pass.
March 19, 2011
Too much S&M
June 4, 2012
Truly a fascinating novel.
April 4, 2013
Well... this has lots and lots of steamy sex. Not a bad plot for sure. I liked it.
May 5, 2016
Didn't grab me, not sure why.
October 4, 2013
Started out slow but great ending.
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