6/22/2023 0 Comments The windflower by laura london![]() The whole crew of pirates comes to love Merry and to teach her many things as she blossoms from shy girl to strong woman. Devon is intelligent, beguiling and smooth and innocent Merry is powerless to turn away his kisses. ![]() Protecting her brother, she will not reveal who she is. He holds her captive, believing she is involved with his enemy who was also on the ship Merry was sailing on. Taken to a pirate ship, she meets the English pirate Devon, who remembers her from a night long ago where he encountered her in a tavern. Then, on her way to England with her aunt who wants Merry to have a better future, she is kidnapped. Merry has a talent for drawing faces from memory, a talent her brother, an American spy will use to his benefit, exposing her to pirates and worse. It tells the story of innocent, sheltered Merry Wilding, an American living in Virginia with her maiden aunt. Though you may have to pay a premium, as I did, to get a good copy, for fans of the genre, it is not one to pass up. ![]() Originally published in 1984, it was reissued in 1995, and can be obtained in paperback (used). I can tell you this pirate romance set in in 1813 during the War of 1812 is one of the finest historical romances I have read. ![]() This was the product of the husband-wife writing team of Sharon and Tom Curtis and some believe it was their best. ![]()
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