Hart's Desire: A Lowcountry Seduction

ALSO AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT.
THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK OF A 3-BOOK SAGA.
"The writing was absolutely exquisite and well executed as the author realistically portrays life in the swashbuckling era. The characters were very complex and really seemed like actual people with very tangible emotions. The dialogue was witty and perfectly written, making me chuckle at times."

Rakishly handsome and equally exasperating Landon Hart is a Freedom Runner-part of a network of people moving runaways to a new life up North. He's in Charleston for two reasons. The first is to smuggle a recently escaped group aboard his ship. The second is to uncover the purpose of a clandestine meeting his late business partner had set with a Commodore Grey. When he meets a sword-wielding, fiery-haired temptress on the way, he isn't prepared for the impact she has on his tightly guarded heart...nor the trouble she manages to attract.
Fiercely independent and equally impetuous Keelan Grey acts the dutiful daughter on the outside, but inside, she's determined to avoid marriage to a cruel neighboring plantation owner even if it means taking the most desperate measures. Everything changes when a deathbed confession from a loved one plunges her into a dark plot of deception and revenge. Desperate for help, Keelan finds an unlikely ally in the antagonistic but irresistible sea captain, Landon Hart.
But while she might trust him with her life, can she trust him with her secrets?

The first three books of the Pirates & Petticoats Series follow Keelan Grey and Landon Hart as they fight for love, honor and freedom in the Lowcountry of Charleston, South Carolina in 1811, just prior to the War of 1812. Landon is part of a clandestine organization called the Freedom Runners who hide runaways and aid their families. Keelan and her father have fled England after an assassin began killing members of their family. Both Landon and Keelan have secrets to keep and protect. It will take courage, cunning and most of all trust for them to succeed.