Captain Sinister's Lady

Morgan Roberts, AKA Captain Sinister, dreams of leaving the sea and running away to farm, but when the Zephyr comes across a damaged ship wallowing in the Florida Straits, it's just too good an opportunity for any self-respecting privateer to pass up.

Amanda Stephenson is a widow traveling from Yorkshire to Charleston in the 1820's to set up her soap-making business. It's a grand adventure, just as she's always dreamed-until her ship is boarded by the crew of the Zephyr. Amanda's plans for her future do not include large, hairy, uncouth pirates.

Morgan Roberts has his work cut out for him, but he's prepared to try his most piratical tricks if it will convince the luscious widow to become Captain Sinister's Lady.

About The Author
Aspiring authors are told "write what you know," but Darlene Marshall has to admit, she's never been a pirate. However, Marshall is a semi-native of North Florida and loves Florida history and the area the locals call "the other Florida"a land of rolling hills, along with giant cockroaches, fire ants, scorpions, lightning strikes, the occasional hurricane, and frog-drowning rainstorms. Only the strong (and the air-conditioned) survive. Marshall is an alumna of the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and is the retired owner of a rock radio station. She's been a reporter and editor in television, radio and print, and worked at a drug treatment center, doing education and prevention. She loves science fiction, fantasy and romance, and tries to attend the World SF Convention each year. She's been married for thirty years to a wonderful man who dances, brings her roses every week, and can tie a cherry stem in a knot with his tongue. They have two children who are both embarrassed and proud that their mom writes romance. She also has a crazed dachshund who listens patiently while Marshall reads passages aloud, but doesn't have much to offer in the way of constructive criticism.

Reader Reviews
Recently widowed, Amanda Stephenson travels across the seas to America from Yarkshire with high hopes of beginning a new life with her deceased husband's relatives. Amanda plans on supporting herself financially through selling self-made soaps and creams by using recipes that were passed down through the generations in her family. All is going well until the ship that Amanda is traveling on suffers a major, irreparable damage out in the middle of the sea. And, if that wasn't enough to deal with, an injury places Amanda aboard the ship of the notorious pirate known as Captain Sinister. Morgan Roberts, Captain Sinister, doesn't think of himself as a pirate. Instead, he considers himself a self-respecting privateer who offers assistance to wrecked ships. In order to make a living, him and his crew take everything not bolted down off the derelict ships without killing the helpless, in-need crewmen of the drowning ship. Morgan just makes them row to shore in a boat with nothing other than their lives intact. During his latest rescue, Morgan gained more than he bargained for upon meeting the lovely Amanda Stephenson. Morgan quickly becomes captivated by her alluring beauty and robust spirit. He is determined to win her over and to convince her into becoming his wife; however, Morgan doesn't know how to go about romancing a lady, in the past he has only dealt with one-night-only, pay-me types of women. Captain Sinister's Lady is a great historical novel of unexpected romance between two strong-willed characters. The plot was set in the 1820's during the time where pirates were the norm out on the seas. Hats off to Darlene Marshall for giving such beautifully written, detailed information of the Florida Straits and coastline during this historical time period. As the storyline progressed I felt as if I was really there witnessing the courtship of Amanda and Morgan. And boy, what an adventure it was. Captain Sinister's Lady is filled with a few dangerous twists and turns that maintained my interest until the spectacular conclusion. If you are looking for a rich and spicy historical romance that will tie you up in knots, then pick up Captain Sinister's Lady - you will not be disappointed! Nikita reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed Comment | | (Report this)


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