What is a young lady
to do when she is in love with a straight-laced, perfect gentleman's
"wild" pirate and highwayman ancestors in which she has grown up in the
shadows of? That is the story of "For the Love of a Pirate, which will
keep you smiling and even laughing out loud. Constantine, Lord Wylde,
is the perfect gentleman and he has found the perfect calm society Lady
Winchester to accept his proposal of marriage and all is going to be
well in his perfect "ton" world that he has grown up in. Until a raging
old man pirate comes barging in and announces he has been betrothed to
his granddaughter since birth by his father and son who were "thieves"
together; his father dying while holding up a carriage, hers in a duel
over another man's wife. How in the world is Con going to hold his head
up in society? So he rides off to the town where his father lived and
these "thieves" held out to gently tell this young lady they will not
suit and to pay off anyone in the town that may be able to tell about
his past. What he doesn't expect is the beautiful and bold Lisbeth and
that the whole town thinks he is a hero like his father and
grandfather. As he tries to come to grips with his father's past and
his present, one week leads to two and so on and eventually he stays a
month and finds that not only is he more like his ancestors than he
realized, but he is beginning to like the idea of it, and the idea of
Lisbeth. One afternoon he takes her innocence and as a gentleman feels
he must do the right thing. But when Lisbeth goes to London she finds
that he is reverting back to the straight-laced gentleman and realizes
she may be more in love with the dream of him than with him. The story
is delightful and the ending sweet. It is a cinderella story that makes
you smile and believe in true love. It is a perfect holiday season
release!
Publisher: Avon
(December 2006)
Reviewed
by Beverly,
Beverly Romance Books
