Adrift with the Viscount
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Publisher Description
He doesn't want a woman, let alone a wife... Valentine Sean Butler, the sixteenth Viscount Mountgarret, is cursed to spend half his life as a merman. Though he doesn't mind his beastly side, he takes exception to warring for the cause of the mers. They hate humans and require his fighting skills, but all Valentine wants is to sail his ship and be left alone in peace… then one chance meeting with a lady in Hyde Park bends his plans.
She has no use for men, but needs a convenient marriage... Lady Phoebe Winthrop, used, ruined, and disowned is ready to steer her own fate. Not content with the horrible birthmark or the life given her, she wants adventure, and the only way to gain that is to ask the viscount to marry her. Wedding will give them both a measure of respectability, and beyond that, perhaps the friendship she sorely craves.
A union based on freedom... As Valentine and Phoebe sail from London following their wedding, they both have to come to grips with what they're running from. Old insecurities dog their steps, but as the days go by, their unlikely friendship grows into much more. As love blooms and deepens, they must stay one step ahead of danger in the depths, and when a horrible contract comes due, one—or both of them—must make the ultimate, and most personal of sacrifices in order to chase a happily ever after.
Customer Reviews
Danger In and Out of the Water
Valentine Butler and a group of his friends live with a curse brought about when a group of their ancestors created chaos in a gypsy camp. One old gypsy witch cursed the men and their male decedents to live as human and beast (of one kind or another). The curse can only be broken on a special night with a special kind of love. Valentine is the sixteenth Viscount Mountgarret. He is also a merman shifter. Lady Phoebe Winthrop’s birthmark has caused her to be pushed aside and ignored most of her life. She wants more than anything to escape to a life of freedom and adventure. She feels she can have this if she and the viscount marry, a marriage of convenience to gain independence. They marry and sail from to the Caribbean on Valentine’s ship. How much can he tell Phoebe? How will she react when she learns his secret? Is it possible for them to turn friendship into a happily ever after? Their story is interesting and exciting. There is danger in and out of the water. Valentine and Phoebe must deal with unfamiliar emotions, secrets, and betrayal as they find their way to acceptance, of themselves and each other, self-worth, and love. Phoebe may get the adventure she wished for and much more, and she takes Valentine along with her. Good story.
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