![]() ![]() It’s not much, but at least the women will not have gone entirely from one prison to another, and it will allow Sara to choose Petey, the man her brother sent to protect her, for her own husband, thus saving her from Gideon’s clutches. But despite her attraction for the dangerous captain, she convinces him to at least allow the women to choose which pirate they will marry. Sarah is not prepared for her reaction to the dark, swarthy pirate who makes his contempt for the English perfectly clear. It also never crosses his mind that these women might not want pirates for husbands. She challenges him from the first moment they meet. What he doesn’t count on is Lady Sara Willis, the daughter of a reformer who has appointed herself champion of the convict women. No doubt they’ll be grateful for his assistance. ![]() ![]() He wants wives for his crew and the convict ship bound for Australia is packed with women – convict women. ![]() Pirate Gideon Horn sees no fault with his logic. What woman wouldn’t want to be rescued from a fate worse than death? What woman wouldn’t be grateful for the chance at a new start, even if it does mean marriage to a pirate? After all, isn’t marriage preferable to a life of servitude in New South Wales? Sabrina Jeffries’ wonderful book, The Pirate Lord, seeks to answer these questions. ![]()
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