![]() The crew has been promised the ransom Nathaniel will bring, yet as danger mounts and the time nears to give him up, Hawk’s biggest battle could be with his own heart. As a pirate’s prisoner, he is finally free to be his true self. Nathaniel realizes the fearsome Sea Hawk’s reputation is largely invented, and he sees the lonely man beneath the myth, willingly surrendering to his captor body and soul. It’s not as though Hawk would ever feel anything for him besides lust… Although Hawk knows he must keep his distance, the desire to teach Nathaniel the pleasure men can share grows uncontrollable. ![]() ![]() Yet as days pass in close quarters, Nathaniel’s feisty spirit and alluring innocence beguile and bewitch. He has a score to settle with Nathaniel’s father-the very man whose treachery forced him into piracy-and he’s sure Nathaniel is just as contemptible. Then pirates strike and he’s kidnapped for ransom by the Sea Hawk, a legendary villain of the New World.īitter and jaded, Hawk harbors futile dreams of leaving the sea for a quiet life, but men like him don’t deserve peace. ![]() Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he’s sailing to the fledging colony, where he’ll surrender to a respectable marriage for his family’s financial gain. Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. Will a virgin captive surrender to this pirate’s sinful touch? ![]()
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Aber als er zu den windumtosten grünen Hügeln des County Clare im Westen Irlands reist und Maggie dort in ihrem einsamen Studio entdeckt, weiß er sofort, daß es ihm um mehr als nur eine Karriere geht. Eines Tages hält der Galeriebesitzer Rogan Sweeney eines ihrer zerbrechlichen Kunstwerke in der Hand, und kurzerhand entschließt er sich, dieser begnadeten Künstlerin den Weg zu den internationalen Kunstmärkten zu öffnen. Einzig ihrem früh verstorbenen Vater Paddy und ihrer Schwester Brianna, die die schwierige und kaltherzige Mutter versorgt, gehört ihr Herz. Born into a family of readers, Nora had never known a time that she wasn’t reading or making up stories. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. Begabt und eigenwillig, lebt sie, völlig zurückgezogen, nur für ihre Kunst. 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