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Lady Charlisse Bristol sets off on a voyage in search of a father she never knew, only to find herself shipwrecked on a desert island. Near starvation, she is rescued by a band of pirates and their fiercely handsome leader, Edmund Merrick. Will Clarisse win her struggle against the seductive... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Edmund Merrick: privateer; he went from pirate to a soldier in His Majesty's service
- Lady Charlisse Bristol: Add a description of this character.
- Sloane: quatermaster and old friend of Captain Merrick
- Edward
- Jackson: rescued slave, master gunner
- Buchan
- Lady Helena Bristol: mother of Charlisse
- Master Kent: first mate; well educated in dress and polite society
- Judge Wilhelm
- Rusty
- Royce: shipmate
- Sir Thomas Moodyford: gave Merrick a commission from him in the name of King Charles II
- Richard
- Shanks: shipmate
- Brighton: shipmate;cook & doctor
- Reeves: 15 year old shipmate killed in battle with the Spanish ship
- Lord & Lady William Rochester of Hampstead: grand-parents to Charlisse
First Sentence edit
Charlisse bolted upright in bed, her heart pounding.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1-The Shipwreck
Chapter 2 - The Privateer
Chapter 3 - Lost and Alone
Chapter 4 - Internal Battles
Chapter 5 - The Encounter
Chapter 6 - Island Captive
Chapter 7 - Pirates
Chapter 8 - Captain Merrick
Chapter 9 - Aboard the Redemption
Chapter 10 - The Captains Woman
Chapter 11 - The Storm Within
Chapter 12 - The Trap
Chapter 13 - The Chase
Chapter 14 - The Challenge
Chapter 15 - Grace
Chapter 16 - The Kiss
Chapter 17 - The Galleon
Chapter 18 - My Father the Pirate
Chapter 19 - Kent's Fury
Chapter 20 - Stolen Virtue
Chapter 21 Beginnings
Chapter 22 - Port Royal
Chapter 23 - The Arrest
Chapter 24 - Reformed Pirate
Chapter 25 - The Prison
Chapter 26 - THe Battle between Good and Evil
Chapter 27 - The Redemption
Chapter 28 - Hope without Hope
Chapter 29 - In Her Own Hands
Chapter 30 - The Dead Reckoning
Chapter 31 - The Hades' Revenge
Chapter 32 - I Will Never Leave You
Chapter 33 - Circle of light
Chapter 34 - Father to the Fatherless
Chapter 35 - Prison Break
Chapter 36 - Kent's Prize
Chapter 37 - To Catch a Pirate
Chapter 38 - Paternal Instinct
Chapter 39- To the Rescue
Chapter 40 - Bloody Pirates
Chapter 41 - Kent's Last Stand
Chapter 42- Oh, Death, Where is Thy Sting?
Chapter 43 - A True Pirate
Chapter 44 - Sweet Sorrow
Chapter 45 - The Kings Court
Chapter 46 - The Pearl of Great Price
Chapter 47 - Lord Hyde of Clarendon
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Legacy of the King's Pirates. (standard series)
Followed by The Reliance.
Authors & Contributors edit
- M. L. Tyndall (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-1597893596
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-1597893596
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Christy Award (2007: Romance, Finalist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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