Bücher von Cynthia Breeding

The Lafitte brothers were privateers, legally commandeering ships and cargoes with permission from the USA and Spain. They were also American patriots who assisted Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans against the British (1814-15). Their lieutenants, heroes of these stories, are entirely fictional characters. Christian must win the trust of the governor's niece to free Lafitte, but she isn't in her uncle's good graces. Shipwrecked off the Texas coast, a German beauty is taken to Lafitte's camp by Marc Rochelle-his Creole mistress is not happy. Bored with proper society, Emily Clayton longs for adventure, but is she ready for the man from a dark-hulled ship that flies no flag? Romance is the same as it was two hundred years ago.

Samantha Talbot is looking forward to her fifty-year high school reunion, to be held on a ship, the Good Times, cruising the Caribbean. She hasn't seen the other members of her all-girl band for years, but most of all, she wonders if her old flame-"nemesis" might be a better word, since he always got her into difficult situations-Jack O'Neil will be on board. When he doesn't show, she pretends not to care. However, there's a surprise in store for her. Jack always was a prankster. She should have remembered that.

Art instructor Eve O'Conner's ex-husband absconded with her entire savings, making her wary of ever committing to a relationship again. Still, a woman has needs... So she finds what she thinks is a safe way to fulfill them, while watching her best friend from high school become badly entangled. Athletic Director Brian Caldwell keeps his life compartmentalized, and Eve fits perfectly into one of those compartments. She comes with no strings attached, unlike others in his world. However, the "string" he doesn't count on is his computer-whiz teenage son, who enrolls in Eve's art class and discovers what's been going on.

Adrian de Soules, exiled Templar in clandestine service to Robert the Bruce, finds himself drawn to flame-haired Kendra Claremont-niece of the Earl of Pembroke and granddaughter of an arch-enemy of the secret Templar Brotherhood-and knows she's trouble. Finding she hates Templars, blaming them for her father's suicide, increases the incentive to keep his distance. But, like a sailor at sea, he hears the ancient siren call. Kendra is intrigued by Adrian, the French knight so unlike the foppish couriers her aunt wants her to marry. She can't deny his striking eyes send tingles through her, but she senses something secretive about him. Is he really just an envoy from Scotland as he says? A dark current runs deep within him, and she's determined to find it out. Yet, when she does, where will her loyalty lie?