The Reluctant Hero (8 page)

 

Boldly commanding a sleek Spanish ship, Sirena
Córdez possesses a headstrong and impatient
demeanor that inspires both shock and respect from
her male crew. But when a band of marauders attacks
the vessel, killing her beloved sister, Sirena vows to
destroy the man she believes is responsible for the
assault. Ruthless and impossibly handsome, Regan van
der Rhys will stop at nothing to ensure his company's
success in the Spice Islands. Blaming Regan for her
family's tragedy, Sirena poses as his demure bride
and plots revenge. Yet he stirs her blood as no man
has before. Desperate to expose his treachery,
the lady captain lures her husband on a fateful
journey at sea, where each will fall under an enticing
spell of burning passion as the truth is uncovered . . .

History professor Serena Brooks fears for her sanity.
She has moved back into her ancestral Virginia home—
only to be haunted by visions in which she is
dressed like her great-grandmother . . . and being
courted by a Confederate soldier. What's unsettling
is how those long-ago images seem to feel more real
each time she dreams them . . .

 

In a time of age-old chivalry, Serena is engaged to a
handsome Confederate officer Captain Logan
Sheridan. As the fires of Civil War consume the South,
a burning passion ignites between them. But Serena
feels there is too much distance between them. Worse,
she could lose Logan forever . . . unless she can find a
way to keep their love as timeless as forever . . .

With his honored father in the hands of hostile
English soldiers, proud Delaware war chief Fire Talon
has no choice but to take a captive of his own. Rebecca
Brandt is the beautiful, untouched bride of his most
despised foe—and fiery enough to have taken a shot
at him. But though Rebecca may hate and fear Talon,
she is human enough to feel sympathy for his losses—
and desire for his powerful spirit, and body.

 

Drawn into love despite their differences, they must
soon choose between their old lives—and risking
everything to forge a new path, together . . .