Nora Adams is a schoolteacher and a poor seamanās widow--until the day she inherits a fortune and is sent to London to deliver a mysterious message to a foreign princessāwho looks surprisingly like Nora. Once Princess Elena receives Noraās missive, she steals Noraās identity and vanishes. Left to fend for herself in ill-fitting royal shoes, Nora determinedly sets out in search of the royal escapee.
Nick Atherton long ago retired from his villainous life of piracy, but heās dragged out of his role as fashionable fribble to protect the princessārather, the impostor. Nick would far rather seduce the comely widow, but first he will have to dodge French spies and pursue misbehaving royalty.
For the fate of a nation and a princess, Devil Nick takes to the high seas again, but will his illegal exploits cost him the respectable woman who finally captures his heart?
Joan Hammond, RT Reviews 4 ½ star Top Pick: āa delightfully delicious, sensual gem of a readā
Nora Adams is a schoolteacher and a poor seamanās widow--until the day she inherits a fortune and is sent to London to deliver a mysterious message to a foreign princessāwho looks surprisingly like Nora. Once Princess Elena receives Noraās missive, she steals Noraās identity and vanishes. Left to fend for herself in ill-fitting royal shoes, Nora determinedly sets out in search of the royal escapee.
Nick Atherton long ago retired from his villainous life of piracy, but heās dragged out of his role as fashionable fribble to protect the princessārather, the impostor. Nick would far rather seduce the comely widow, but first he will have to dodge French spies and pursue misbehaving royalty.
For the fate of a nation and a princess, Devil Nick takes to the high seas again, but will his illegal exploits cost him the respectable woman who finally captures his heart?
Joan Hammond, RT Reviews 4 ½ star Top Pick: āa delightfully delicious, sensual gem of a readā