Sweet Vengeance
Duke of Rutland Series Book I
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4.6 • 68 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Some say life is a grand adventure—but for Lady Abigail Rutland, it’s a tremendous bore. As a woman of noble birth in eighteenth-century England, she is expected to keep quiet and marry well, but she longs for so much more.
“Be careful what you wish for,” the old saying goes. After a chaotic night, she wakes up in the hold of a former slaver with her body bound and her hair shorn. She is soon “rescued” by an American privateer, who assumes she is a cabin boy and puts her to work. Eager for adventure, Abigail maintains her disguise despite a budding attraction to the infamous Captain Jacob Thorne. Meanwhile, Captain Thorne schemes to spring his kin from a British prison.
What follows is a thrilling tale that tosses and churns with the high seas. Set during the height of the American Revolution, Sweet Vengeance contains accurate historical details that enrich and complicate the story. Abigail yearns for danger and excitement, and it isn’t long before she discovers that the most urgent peril comes from within her own wild heart.
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER!!...“for literary excellence in romance writing.”
Customer Reviews
Sweet Vengeance: Duke of Rutland Series I
St. Michel demonstrates her storytelling abilities with another wonderful romance that embraces her trademark touches of thrilling action and adventure, mystery and suspense, and tear-jerking exultation. Sweet Vengeance is a captivating tale centering on the Duke of Rutland’s rebellious daughter, Abigail, past marriageable age and yearning for adventure. One black night the fortunes of the Rutland family are changed forever by unknown enemies…
Kidnapped, Abigail awakens to find her father’s enemy has cut off her hair; bound her breasts, dressed her like a boy and locked her in a hold of a ship. When her ship is captured by notorious American Privateer, Captain Jacob Thorne her troubles really begin. Falling in love with an enemy of her country is a thing she cannot do.
Captain Jacob Thorne set on revenge against England and it aristocracy. He raids the British coasts, plundering any quarry ripe for his choosing, stunned to discover his new cabin boy is a ravishing beauty. From that first stolen sensuous kiss, a wild fire is ignited and he swears to possess her… When he learns she is none other than the Duke of Rutland’s daughter and cousin to the King will he really be able to give her up or will his newfound love for her rule?