Johanna Lindsay Captive of My Desires

Captive of My Desires

Johanna Lindsay

Pocket, Jun 2006, $25.00

ISBN: 1416505474

As her mother's health declined, eighteen-year-old Gabrielle knowing that Clara's time was soon ending she decided she would leave England to seek out her father, merchant ship Captain Nathan Brooks, who lives in the Caribbean. Though prepared, Gabrielle is distraught when her mother dies, but courageously while mourning her loss leaves for the Caribbean to live with her dad. To her shock, Gabrielle learns that her father is an outlawed pirate and even more stunning, she enjoys the lifestyle of searching for treasure on the High Seas.

However, when she turns twenty-one, Nathan concludes his daughter needs a different life closer to that of his late wife who rejected his. Though he will miss her as he loves his daughter he sends a reluctant Gabrielle to his former comrade in piracy, aristocrat James Malory and his spouse Georgina to sponsor her in polite society. In London, the Malorys and Georgina's brother, American Sea Captain Drew Anderson, escort Gabrielle to the galas. However, as Gabrielle decides Drew is for her, he tries to eludes her because even though he is attracted to her, he prefers his woman in every port lifestyle. When he accidentally humiliates her at a ball, she vows revenge pirate style. Gabrielle with her father's crew at her side captures Drew making him her prisoner or are both prisoners of love.

The extended Malory Regency romance (see A LOVING SCOUNDREL) will please fans of the series though nothing new is added to the Lindsay formula. However the audience will enthusiastically appreciate the battle of the sexes between the pirate's daughter and the ex-pirate's brother-in-law. Gabrielle is a fun heroine not afraid to go after what she seeks while Drew knows if he tastes the passion he sees in her eyes, he is doomed to be her captive forever. Johann Lindsay's fans will enjoy her latest pirate romance.

Harriet Klausner