The Least Likely Bride

Bride Trilogy #3

by Jane Feather

One moment Lady Olivia Granville is strolling along a path, her nose buried in a tome of Greek philosophy; the next she is plunging down a rocky cliff. Only when she regains consciousness--naked and unwittingly trapped on an unknown ship--does she discover that she owes her life to a stranger who is clearly not a gentleman!

Wickedly handsome, disturbingly mysterious, the gray-eyed master of the Wind Dancer admits to making his living from the sea. But it doesn't take long for Olivia to realize that the rogue who'd so intimately tended her wounds is a brash pirate whose schooner is bearing down upon a Spanish galleon. She knows she should be appalled. Instead Olivia is shockingly entranced...and recklessly attracted to an outlaw whose gaze holds both challenge and invitation.

Anthony Caxton has known from the first that Olivia Granville is no ordinary woman. But who would have thought that the sheltered daughter of a marquis would have a genuine taste for piracy? Delighted by her response, teased by her beauty, he welcomes her as the newest of his crew, confident that it is only a matter of time before he wins her surrender.

Yet even as Olivia welcomes his embrace, she remains unaware that Anthony is harboring a devastating secret...one that will lead them to heartache, scandal, and betrayal. For Anthony is much more than a common pirate. He is the mastermind behind a perilous plot of royal intrigue that could change the course of history. And in this enterprise his opponent is none other than Cato Granville...Olivia's father.

Anthony knows the success of his scheme - and his very life - depends upon minute planning, on anticipating every possible difficulty. But he never imagined that he would fall in love with the daughter of his most formidable enemy. And he never dreamed that the dangerous game he was playing would leave Olivia vulnerable to the attentions of a cunning villain - one who wants to possess the dark-haired temptress almost as much as he wants to see Anthony Caxton hang....

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Historical, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Pirates, British Literature

322 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Jane Feather (born Jane Robotham) is a popular British–American writer of historical romance novels. In 1984 she wrote five contemporary romances under the pseudonym Claudia Bishop. She is a New York Times-bestselling, award–winning writer, and has more than ten million romance novels in print.

Reviews

[Kit★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is really a little more like 3.75 Stars for me, but I'll go ahead and bump it up to 4. I was really looking forward to this book, I wanted to see what it took to finally get Olivia wrapped in the bonds of love and all that. This third book in the series was good, but I just didn't find myself liking at much as I liked the other two. In this book, it's been about a year and half since the events in the second story. Olivia and her father, and Phoebe are now living on the Isle of Wight, with King Charles being held in luxurious captivity. One day while walking along some cliffs overlooking the ocean, with her nose stuck in a book, Olivia happens to fall down the cliff, injuring herself in the process. She's found by some of Captain Anthony Caxton's men, and she is brought aboard his ship, where Anthony patches her up. She's unconscious for a few days, and when she comes to, she's quite taken aback to find she doesn't know where she is, and she's naked to boot. Anthony comes into the cabin and explains how she was found and how he doctored her up. She finds out that he's a pirate, but instead of being scared, she's exhilarated. Soon she's scampering about the ship, learning all kinds of new things. After a particularly romantic dinner on deck under the stars, Anthony and Olivia make love. But, alas, the next morning, tons of buried memories of repeated childhood molestations by the slimy Brian Morse come back to haunt Olivia, and she pushes Anthony away, afraid, and unable to tell him what's the matter. He returns her to her home, but she can't stop thinking about him. A few days later, Cato, Phoebe, and Olivia attend a soiree at the castle where the king is being kept. Olivia sees Anthony, but this time he's all dressed up like a fop and acting sort of brainless. Olivia isn't sure what to make of him. Turns out, Anthony has plans to help the king escape to France, and his brainless dandy act is to ensure that no one notices or suspects him. One night, Anthony sneaks to the Granville's house, and into Olivia's bedroom window. They play chess and their bond gets a little deeper. They make plans for another match as well. Olivia does some sneaking around, meeting up with Anthony in the night and making lots of whoopee, even going with him on a trip to Portsmouth. It's here she begins to think he's not just a pirate, but a wrecker who lures merchant ships to their doom on the rocks and looting their cargo, leaving dead people in their wake. She's turns cold to him again, confusing the heck out of him. Anthony is indeed not the one doing the wrecking, another slimeball, Godfrey Channing is. Channing, you see, has sort of joined forces with Brian Morse, and together they hatched a plan to get Olivia to wed Godfrey, a prospect she is dead set against, because he reminds her so badly of Brian, her tormentor. Once back at her home, Channing catches her alone in the orchard, and tries to force himself upon her, going so far as to call her 'little rabbit', which is what Brian used to call her when she tried to escape his molestations. She freaks out, takes off running, realizing Brian isn't dead as previously thought at the end of the last book. She runs smack into Anthony's arms, and in her terror, tells him everything, about how she was molested, and how Brian's not really dead, and all that. Anthony's relieved to know she wasn't terrified of his love making, and that she had a real good reason for her fright. He vows to get his vengeance on Channing and Brian. But he still plans on rescuing the king. Olivia overhears her father plotting to trap the king's rescuer, so she sneaks out to warn him. In the end, despite Anthony trying to get her to stay on the island, she faces her father's men and escapes with Anthony onto the ship. A few months later, she returns to explain her decisions to her father. He's not happy at all, but he'll accept it, because he loves his daughter. I wasn't really keen on this ending. After all the action, and build-up to the climax, I was sort of let down in a way. Olivia and Anthony sail off into the sunset, which was ok, but I wasn't so happy about her leaving her father and Phoebe and Portia and Rufus behind. I also wasn't happy at all about their decision to not marry. I thought that was kind of dumb. Especially if any children come of their union, seeing as how Anthony grew up an orphaned bastard, rejected by his father's family, never knowing his mother's family at all. I figured he would insist on them getting married, if only to prevent any future children from suffering what he suffered. But nope, he calls her his doxy, and they sail off into the blue. The ending is what made me give this book 3.75 Stars instead of the full four. I was glad that the bad guys got their due, and that Olivia overcame her awful memories and found love, but I just wasn't happy with the ending. I was hoping Cato could figure out a way to understand why Anthony was pirating and smuggling, and since he captured the real wreckers, I was hoping he'd get like a pardon or something. Instead, he's still a wanted man, Cato says there's enough proof against him to see him hang, and that if Olivia ever wants to visit him and Phoebe, she'd have to come alone. After all the books being about the bonds of friendship between the girls, I wasn't glad to see Olivia just up and leave everyone without a backward glance. I understand she wanted adventure, and her and Anthony's relationship was ok, if a little rushed in places. I just wasn't too keen on the ending that didn't seem like a real good resolution. Then, the epilogue, which in the first two books, showed Portia and Rufus happily married with children, as well as Phoebe and Cato, pregnant and glowing in love. In this book, the epilogue had nothing much about Olivia and Anthony's love and happiness. Instead, it ended with the king being beheaded. Ok, that signaled the end of the war that'd been going on throughout the series, but it didn't end with the same loving, happy sense of family and deep love that was in the first two books. And I'm still not happy about them not getting married. Especially back in the 1600's, I mean, come on. The daughter of a marquis, sailing off into the wild blue with a condemned pirate, under her own volition, with her father's permission, to remain unwed the rest of her days? Not really believable. Nor was the fact that they were banging like bunnies over the period of a few months, and she never turned up pregnant... I mean, pulling out is not a 100% surefire way of birth control, and since that's what he did before she ran off with him, ok whatever, I can accept it working a few times, but after she came to be his 'doxy' on the ship, together forever, I don't think it's believable. Sigh... I still liked this book though, the sense of adventure, and the descriptions of the ship and all that were very good. I've got a thing for the old sailing ships. It's just that their relationship disappointed me a little after the wonderful first two books... and I knew that Anthony would never live up to Cato in my mind. I will still be looking for more books by this author, that's for sure. I really like her writing style and character development, and I'm eager to try more of her work. 3.75 Stars

[Pamela Shropshire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this series immensely. Whereas I’m fairly conversant with English history from the 18th century forward, I confess I know little about the quite turbulent 17th century. This series encompasses the Civil War beginning with the execution of the Earl of Strafford in 1641 through the beheading of Charles I in 1649.

Olivia Granville is the daughter of a staunch Parliamentarian. She isn’t much interested in politics, other than that of Ancient Greece and Rome - she is a dedicated scholar, devoted to mathematics and philosophy. She is a master at chess.

When the king is under house arrest on the Isle of Wight, Lord Granville moves his household there as well. Olivia is walking along the cliff one day, reading Aeschylus, when she steps into a void and falls all the way down the cliff to the beach below. She is picked up by a pirate/smuggler who identifies himself only as Anthony. Olivia is attracted to him, and to life at sea, almost immediately.

It turns out, though, that in addition to being a smuggler and pirate, Anthony is also a supporter of the King and is trying to rescue him. Obviously, this puts him at odds with Lord Granville; Olivia has to decide between her father and the only man she has ever loved.

Fantastic wrap-up to a fantastic series - definitely not run-of-the-mill historical romance.

[Tanya Sridhar · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 40%

Not my kinda book.

[Emiliya Bozhilova · Rating 1 out of 5]

Греда. Скука. Даже опитите да отвлекат Чарлз I от затвора му не спасяват положението. Романсът де факти не съществува, героите са мега зле, авторката явно и е писнало, и е запълвала страници. Няма смисъл да се чете всяка страница.
⭐️1,5 звезди⭐️

[Lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was included in a sackful of books donated to our household by my mother-in-law. It is the last in Jane Feather's Bride Trilogy, and, not being someone who can bear to start a series in the middle, I sought out the other two books first. They were great - not great literature, but a light, fun romp that I basically raced through. And the third book was no exception. I read this one in two days. It was definitely my favorite of the three.

In this book, Olivia, the last of three friends who swore never to marry, meets her match in the person of Anthony Caxton - pirate, smuggler, and Royalist - the political opposite of her father and the very opposite of the man whom she is supposed to marry. Despite the nightmare of her past which Anthony brings to the surface, Olivia continues to seek out his presence. As she falls more deeply in love with him, she will have to decide between honor and love, and whether to obey her father and her staid upbringing or to deny her birthright and follow Anthony to the sea.

I really liked the book. It had its flaws, but overall it held my attention. I love books that are packed with action and romance, and this historical romance novel had all of that in spades. I'd give the book four out of five Whatevers. The editing could have been better, but I would definitely recommend it to lovers of historical romance, strong female protagonists, and adventure on the high seas.

[Lora · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️ 4 звезди ⭐️

Хареса ми книгата определено! Успя да ми задържи интереса докрай. Химията между главните герои беше неописуема, въпреки че така и не разбрах защо не и брак да сключат, като на това се е държало в онези години, но няма значение. Добро четиво, препоръчвам!

[Marie Piper · Rating 3 out of 5]

FYI, despite what the cover suggests, this book takes place in 1648. ;)

[Elliedakota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute romantic fluff

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book took me to a life of exciting piracy adventures and wonder. The characters were very intriguing and full of lots of likeable qualities.

Olivia is a shy girl who has sworn that she would never marry. She enjoys a close friendship with Phoebe and Portia who both have succumbed to marriage themselves. But Olivia vows that being a scholar and enjoying her art is all she desires.

But all her plans are thrown into turmoil when she meets the most handsome pirate and Captain of his own ship - Anthony. She is taken aback by a life of adventure, love and excitement. She feels compelled to learn more of his lifestyle and falls deeply into Anthony's web of danger and decides to throw caution to the wind, and wants to experience what it would be like living in his world. An attraction between the pair is something that they both can't deny. But leading such different lives makes them both believe that the passion they share for each other is only a dream and can only be temporary, as Anthony is the man Olivia's father is trying to capture for his loyal affairs with the King. Can their love survive the many obstacles thrown in the way??

This story is worth the read, a true escape into the world of piracy, and our handsome Anthony makes us believe that not all pirates would be evil, wicked and unromantic!

[Erin C]

When I was given this book the front cover led me to believe that it was set in the present day, the dress not looking to be accurate to a period piece. Pleasantly surprised to discover that the book was set during the seventeenth century. That being said, the volume proved to be better than I expected. Surprisingly interesting and coherent for a novel of its genre. Had not intended to seek out other works by Ms. Feather prior to reading, but may be tempted if ever in need of a novel to occupy some time but not too much memory. Also seemed fairly well researched, although I do not claim to be an expert on England during Cromwell's revolution. Characters were also very well developed, with everyone contributing to moving the plot along. A fair amount of intrigue involved as it does take place at the court of the captive King Charles I, making the story just complicated enough to make you wonder if the author is about to change the course of history in some manner.

[Michelle · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the one book in the trilogy that I did not like. I found it very unlikely that a young woman who grew up in a conservative household would turn her back on everything that she was raised to believe in because of an pirate and smuggler. The unconventional theme that ties the three woman together was too outside the box in this book. Women in that period are too vulnerable to make the decisions that Olivia made at the end of the novel and I just could not see that character doing what she ended up doing. I did not enjoy this book and am disappointed in how the series ended.

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best of the 3 books by far. Olivia doesn't really do anything that makes you want to smack her (which is hard in romances).

The only thing that I find hard to believe and ridiculous is her unwillingness to marry. Considering what century she's living in she's condemning all her children to carrying a label of illegitimacy. Ridiculous!

[Meggie]

Here's the thing: I read the first book, which was OK. I gave up on the second book, because NOPE, Jane Feather you have somehow managed to hit my major squicks in one fell swoop. And yet I still decided to read the third one??

But this one has pirates. I rarely like pirate stories, so I gave up on this one as well. DNF.

[Lynne Tull · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story was not as interesting to me as the first two. I do not think I ever understood the heroine. She seemed a contradiction between her younger self and her adult self. I admit that I skipped through most of the text. Maybe, I just didn't like the sea story?

[Nicola Pike · Rating 3 out of 5]

started off so well but I hated that they didn't get married at the end.

[Miriamgreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

the rule of cromwell not unlike rule of trump. the beheading of Charles I was beginning of end of monarchies, it made the civilized world shudder. In fact, cromwell was dug up from the grave and had his skull stuck on a pole on London bridge. he was awful.
That feather would delve into this time period with such detail was entirely rewarding. there are enough reviews to discuss the plot. this was the first i read of the trilogy and probably the only one as it seems the best of the three. It was a grand romance. Googling the ships and fashions from the 1640s brought the text to its mise en scene adding much. Caxton one of the most delectable heroes of any book, and Olivia was herself a considerable personage. disappointed about non-epilogue with beheading of Charles I and beginning the rule of cromwell, mentioned above. The wind dancer perfectly named. although we are left with no further future between Olivia and Alexander, believe feather gives us the opportunity to imagine our own endings. To me it was an unending love story and details of did they marry, have children, keep in touch with family [which i suspect so] were actually immaterial though like all of you readers i wanted to know more. The romantic interludes were superb, the mistaken assumptions of Olivia cliff hangers but dealt with sufficiently. If you can place yourself in the time of Cromwell's reign, you might just wish to have a pirate of your own, a frigate like the wind dancer and its crew, capturing spanish galleons [freeing the slave rowers] and spoiling the wreckers. the freedom, wildness and beauty of the sea were done so very well. and it is a certainty that Alex and Olivia did home base on the Isle of Wight.
this is a definite re read down the road. was up until 4 am as could not rest until finished.

[Carolyn Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE THREE CASES IN THIS TRILOGY, WHICH ENDED 11 YEARS BEFORE THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, ALL HAD PROBLEMATICAL ENDINGS.
1) 'THE HOSTAGE BRIDE' MARRIED AN ARISTOCRAT, RUFUS DECATUR, WHOSE FAMILY WAS DISPOSSESED OF ITS LANDS, FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST JAMES POLICIES, WHO FOUGHT FOR THE MONARCHY. HE COULD BE GRANTED A RETURN OF HIS FAMILY LANDS FOR HIS LOYALTY TO THE CROWN.

2) 'THE ACCIDENTAL BRIDE' WAS MARRIED TO AN ARISTOCRAT, CATO GRANVILLE, WHO WAS ON THE PARLIAMENT SIDE; BUT DID NOT SIGN THE WARRANT TO HANG CHARLES I. THEREFORE, HE COULD RETAIN HIS HEAD, TITLE, AND LANDS AFTER THE RESTORATION; BUT NOT THOSE BELONGING TO RUFUS DECATUR'S FAMILY.

3) 'THE LEAST LIKELY BRIDE', BY NOT MARRYING HER LOVER, WAS CAST AS WOMAN WHO PROBABLY WILL DIE IN CHILDBIRTH DURING THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, LONG BEFORE THE RESTORATION. THAT IS WHAT DISAPPOINTED AND EVEN ENRAGED SO MANY READERS WHO UNDERSTOOD THE HOPELESSNESS OF NOT MARRYING SOMEONE WHO MIGHT IMPREGNATE YOU IN THE 17TH CENTURY. WILLFULLY STUPID HEROINES ARE NOT APPRECIATED BY READERS.

[Lavender Lyons · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is the book that started my love for romance.

I remember I was 13 or 14. we were driving to Utah and my mom had gotten a audio book of it. I loved it... should I have been listening to it? probably not? my mom would skip over the sex scenes.

I was a bad child. Id fun the Audio book and listen to it on my Walkman.

proceed to almost twenty years later, I found it at a used book store and remembered how much I loved it. dashing privateers, regal ball rooms, the right amount of action for a gentle novel.

this is a good book if you dont want too much action and good steamy love. the balance between Olivia and Anthony's passion is phenomenal. the tension between her place as a young noble lady and his adventurous lifestyle.

I really enjoyed this and her other book, the hostage bride ended up being one my other favorites too

[Sandi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't stand the cover photo. It has absolutely no relevance to the time-setting of the book.

[Rainelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok book.

[Imina Razzaq · Rating 1 out of 5]

They dont marry enough said

[Travelmaven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining story with some history folded in.

[Sema · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this one but the ending devastated me, it feels unfinished I was kind of disappointed in it but still five stars regardless

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book great author

[Karen Darling · Rating 1 out of 5]

The hero was too cocky and devious for me.

[Chelsie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typically the idea of pirates is far too fantastical for me. However, the way Feather integrated this unique concept of a particular character in time to history was astounding.
Olivia is the daughter of a man charged with protecting the location of King Charles during the war, as Parliament tries to negotiate with him. Her father is also married to her best friend Pheobe, and her other friend (of which the first and second books are based) is off fighting battles and being in love.
One night tragedy strikes Olivia as she is walking along the cliffs. She falls through a hole in the cliff that she couldn't see and is brutally hurt. Rescued by Anthony Caxton, a man she soon realizes is a pirate, she is nursed back to health aboard his ship.
She and Anthony assume in an epic love affair, but after their first night together Olivia shuts down when the unbearable memory of past pain at the hands of her step-brother Brian breaks its way into her mind. Unable to understand why she has suddenly shut him out, Anthony returns Oliva Granville to her home with King Charles and Pheobe.
Later, Anthony returns to Olivia's life as an underwhelming man taking company around King Charles. Little does she know that he is hatching a plan to rescue the King, and sailing him away from Parliament thanks to his motherly figures insistence. Olivia now must choose between overwhelming love she feels for Anthony, her pirate, and her father and his duty to Parliament.
Deep in the tantalizing world of Olivia, a man becomes interested in marrying Olivia, thanks to a plot hatched by Brian, whom everyone believes is dead at the hand of her father Cato. This man wants to marry Olivia for her money, but also because she is beautiful. He is an informant for Cato, and has won his trust thanks to secret information he gets from Brian, and during his other pasttime which consists of wrecking ships-the dirtiest pirating work, that even Anthony abhors.
Unbeknownst to Olivia, this man vies for her hand in marriage. When trying to comfort her instead of frightening her, he uses Brian's old pet name for her, rabbit, and she understands who he is and where he has come from.
It is now up to Anthony to rid Olivia's life of this horrible man and his wicked friend Brian, and save the King. But what happens when that friend discovers Olivia and Anthony's affair and reports to the King, Anthony's plan? Will he be able to save the King? And at the end of the day, Olivia will have to make a choice. Will she stay by her father's side, next to King Charles, and her best friend Pheobe, or will she choose a life of adventure alongside her pirate?

- I loved this novel. While fantasy is not typically my genre this had an air of adventure and history that I couldn't dislike. I was turning every page so quickly I finished this book in just two days. As my first Feather novel, I will definitely be checking out the other two in the series, though of course I now know the endings to those. This book was wonderful, well written, and exciting. I definitely recommend.

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you've read Feather's "Bride" series to this point and have some guesses as to the history between Olivia and the evil Brian Morse, well, you will get to see in this one whether you guessed right.


Remember that Olivia swore that she would never marry? Well, it turns out she had good reason to feel that way. The "Brides" story takes a hard left with this one, veering into unexpected territory. Olivia is reading a book and walking (never a great combo--these days substitute texting) and she falls off a cliff. She wakes up naked, in the bed of the Perfect Man. This guy, whatever his real name is, is a legitimate if self-taught scholar and physician. Oh, and he happens to also be a pirate. Olivia is along for the ride, like it or not, and gets to take part in the capture of a Spanish galleon. (The b*t*ds took slaves, so I guess that's OK.) She enjoys the whole adventure and quite happily surrenders her virtue to the pirate. She's not going to marry, right, so who cares if she's still a virgin?

The pirate, we'll call him Anthony, is a jack of a lot of trades, and a man of many disguises, it turns out. When he returns her to the family fold, he keeps turning up again like a bad penny in various guises. Olivia recovers the memories of childhood traumas and seems to smell Brian Morse's icky pheremones on the equally icky creep he sends to court her. Lots of misunderstandings and complications in the romance, and add a dash of real history (we get a sense of some of the reasons why Charles I was eventually executed), and you have a pretty fair story.

This is not among Feather's best, but I liked it best of the trilogy.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first book by this author, and I enjoyed her writing style. It had a lot of adventure, and romance. It did not have a good ending. Olivia is a book worm ,and due to some childhood trama, no spoilers, vows to never marry. She has made a pact with two other friends as children, and they are still part of her life. She has an unfortonate accident which introduces her to a pirate. He of course is an honorable pirate, that can pass as a gentleman. He also hopes to free the King. This all takes place in the seventeenth century. It was a great romance romp, but so out of character for Olivia, and even Anthony. I won't ruin the book, but it just was hard to accept the ending. It was not realistic, and left most readers like me at a loss. There were many ways to take the story, even using the two evil villains, to ease the lovers future. Their was no real proof, yet the author chose a direction that ended in a fantasy with no ending. The rating system gives no halfs, so I rounded it to four. What daughter of a beloved father, and Marques would give up her friends, and family to be a pirates doxy? He was the son of a gentleman, and yet that is what he wanted for the love of his heart ?

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the book on its' face but the ending was atypical of this author and completely unbelievable. A shy aristocrats' daughter who stutters falls for the pirate who nursed her after she fell and was injured. She almost instantly falls into his bed which was unbelievable in and of itself. That he is trying to free King Charles I during the British civil war in 1640's when her father was a strong parlementerian is the first plotline. That her stepbrother who was previously thought to be killed is the next line. At the end, Olivia risks all and goes against her father to help her lover. She then runs away with him to live in sin. All the way through the book series, Olivia had said that she would not marry, and her lover had the same sentiments. At the end of the book though, I had expected them to run away and get married. However, the two instead live openly in sin, which at that time, would have been impossible, since women did not do that in the 1600's! She could and would have been arrested and executed for doing that. I was highly disappointed in this book overall considering that I am a major fan of Feather's other books.

[Arabella Thorne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this story, a version of one of my all time favorite romantic adventures: Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood.
We have a pirate who has many skills: sailing, smuggling, art and medicine and can play a fop like nobody's business. Anthony/Edward Caxton is a wonderful hero who rescues Lady Granville when she falls down a cliff. He takes her to his ship and tends to her wounds. Lady Olivia recovers and even goes on a pirate raid. Once Anthony is satisfied she's healed enough she is returned to the island she lives on. You see her father is involved with the exiled King Charles Stewart who is hoping to escape and be restored to his throne. (We all know how that ended!)
Lots of adventures some great characters...
And the ending was at least for me an unusual HEA....not quite what I expected. But overall a lovely tale!