She was impatient to be back home in New Orleans and this brash buccaneer was slowing her down. But then she saw the self-centered male who strode into her cabin - and the luscious beauty couldn't deny the raging ecstasy that sparked between them. Before she could consider the consequences, she was succumbing to his masterful touch - body, heart and soul!

    Pirate Brandon Seton realizes that resisting this jewel of the sea will surely drive him mad unless he can win her heart. Reissue.

    Now he sails the seas as a British privateer, taking his revenge by attacking and plundering Spanish ships.She is Luca Santiego, forced from the shelter of a convent and destined for a marriage arranged by her father. When her ship is attacked by pirates, she dons the garb of a nun and prays for mercy. Yet amid the flames of the sinking ship, the blue-eyed captain is seized by an unbidden passion for the beauty who kneels before him. Driven by a wicked desire to claim her as his spoils in an act of vengeance against the Spanish, he is torn by an overwhelming response to Luca's sweet innocence, and aches with need for her. Yet he vows he will have her only when his tender kisses bring about her willing surrender to a magnificent, undeniable love.

    Now, five years later, the gangly girl had become a breathtaking beauty, ready to find the one who had sparked her passion and show him how much of a woman she had become. When she recognized the brazen pirate at New Orleans' fanciest masquerade ball, Liberty's skin tingled with excitement. But before the nubile blonde could reveal her identity to him, Judah had insolently branded her lips with his, roughly tied her up, then kidnapped her on horseback!STARLIT SURRENDERWhen long ago Liberty's sister had framed Judah for murder, the furious male had vowed that one day he d have revenge... and punish the faithless witch as only a man can! With rage firing his blood he never stopped to think that the wench bound and gagged before him wasn't his enemy. As they galloped further into the velvety dark, Judah freely fondled the traitor's lush curves, graphically growling how he'd get even with her. Then, without giving her a chance to explain, the determined privateer took her in his arms, little knowing who really writhed beneath him, first in protest, then in ecstasy, entranced by Judah 's sensual MOONTIDE EMBRACE..

    In innocence, young Maria Hallett teases him, taunts him...and surrenders to a scorching seduction that leaves her in disgrace as his ship sails. But Sam cannot forget Maria--his golden-haired angel, a haunting beauty whose awakened sensual passion has seared his very soul with tormented longing. When he returns it is to claim her, to sweep her into his pirate's world--on a perilous voyage of daring dreams and dangerous desires...and a confrontation with a love that thunders with the raging passion of the stormy sea.

    Ruthless and mocking, tender and virile, the notorious pirate awakened all Lucy's passionate longings, then abandoned her with nothing but a kiss...A Pirate's PrizeNow safely at home, the alluring waif is tormented by treacherous memories—and by the presence of Gerard Claremont, her mysterious new bodyguard. Everything about him, from his forbidding size to his impertinent manner, sparks her defiance. And even when Gerard's smile turns seductive, no one can make her forget Doom. Yet only when Lucy's path crosses the captain's once more, will she learn who is on a voyage of retribution, and who is out to steal her heart...

    Then in a moment of swashbuckling courage, the pirate Tristan swept her away and the spell of his passion was cast over her heart forever. But many days--and fiery nights--must pass before their love could flower into that fragile blossom a woman gives to only one man.

    Afterwards, she embraced the strictness of her mother's faith, molding herself into a rigid spinster before her time. After ruining herself so thoroughly, she can never marry. Her only hope is to escape the strict mores of Boston's Puritan population so she could be of use in her father's enterprises in the Caribbean.On Barbados, she discovers her father has added a new partner to his venture. Lord Christian Andrews might charm her father, but Felicity sees the scoundrel behind his handsome exterior. She won't allow him to send her away, despite the fact a notorious pirate has targeted her father's ships and murdered his other business partner. Felicity feels it her duty to sneak aboard Lord Christian's ship before he sails away with her father's fortune. What she discovers is a man capable of unleashing her denied lust, though their shared passion might destroy them both.

    She no longer has to command his pirate band in a quest to regain his birthright. She has been named heir to Ainsley Castle. But no executor would ever hand over the estate to an unmarried pirate wench and her infamous crew—no matter to whom she'd been born. And the will distinctly states that in order to inherit, Valoree must be married to a nobleman...and pregnant.Upon learning that, the virgin captain is ready to return to the seas—but her crew has other ideas—and for those rascally cusses she would do anything. If they could find a way to put on her a sweet face that would fool the ton, she would handle the rest, even with a drunken prostitute as an "aunt" and her merry cutthroat crew as "servants." But to herself she swears one thing: she will only marry a man who fires her blood, a man who is not afraid of a...Lady Pirate.

    Singlehandedly, she ran Woolrich Mercantile, ad watched over her eccentric father, her crotchety grandmother and her virtue in a Revolutionary Philadelphia teeming with unsavory characters. There were some days when she dreamed of escaping it all...but not as the helpless hostage of a dashing rogue!Virile pirate captain Raider Prescott had sailed into port to sell his booty and make a killing...and didn't discover that Blythe's family couldn't pay her ransom until after he'd abducted and spirited her aboard his ship. He didn't expect her to charm his crew and bewitch his senses, either. Now she wanted to turn him into a gentleman--and he wanted to set her on fire with love!

    Yet, from the first moment I saw you, I was overcome. You were but a helpless child, orphaned and innocent, when I rescued you from almost certain defilement and death—and whisked you off to my Caribbean island hideaway to be shockingly pampered by my loyal crew.And now you are a woman—as beautiful as the dawn...and as wildly unpredictable as the winds and the sea. You are in my blood, cara mia; your breathtaking loveliness haunts my dreams. But to have you, I first must tame you—to awaken you to the dangerous ecstasy of a pirate's passions...and a lover's touch.

    Her stepbrother’s life--and the life of the rugged sailor she must tempt--depended on her success. Evangeline swore to surrender her body, her virtue . . . anything Austin Blackwell demanded. But she never expected to relinquish her heart. On a mission for the American colonies, Austin suspected the timid temptress was a skilled spy ordered to sabotage his plans. She played the part of an untried miss to perfection, her inexperienced fumbling driving him wild with desire. But after sampling her sweetness, after one harrowing night fraught with passion and peril, the commander vowed to navigate any course to discover the truth. For his soul mutinied at the prospect of sailing into the future without the courageous lady by his side.

    She agrees to marry the infamous Captain Lucifer, a pirate known for his evil ways, to save her step-father from the gallows. Only the captain can provide the proof of his innocence. Captain Lucifer has far different plans for Catherine. He wants revenge for the hell her step-father has put him through the last few years. He intends to take her innocence and return her home… a fallen woman. A simple strand of pearls stands in the way of the captain’s plans and when the strand finally breaks… will it be revenge or love he seeks from the beautiful lady?

    Yet though the swift steel of her sword has spread her reputation to the farthest corners of the map, there is only one treasure she seeks --- the blood of her lifelong nemesis ... Blair Colm.Shipwrecked on a desert isle with the handsome Logan Hagarty, she soon rediscovers her femininity in the irresistible captain's arms. But their paradise skies darken with the appearance of their common enemy. Now the two must summon all their strength and cunning to best the evil Colm, and protect the fierce love that has grown between them.

    Determined to buy back her ancestral home, Wynter turns to the only man who can lend the vast sum needed. But the collateral the arrogant Captain Cort Van Linden demands is ... her!Then an act of piracy on the high seas leaves her at Cort's mercy -- and in his wild embrace, Wynter discovers she will give anything to know the achingly sweet fulfillment of her pirate's golden promise.Originally published by Leisure Books as LOVE'S GOLDEN PROMISE.