But, at the same time, this one kept popping up as one of the Top Pirate Romances of all times, so I was also seriously excited by the prospect of reading such a guilty pleasure. I went into this knowing that it was an (almost) 20 year old romance about pirates, so I was prepared to give it some wiggle room for a lot of things. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American 'Old West' and the popular Regency England-Scotland. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance. Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 'on a whim', and the book was a success. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family. The marriage had three children Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him.

The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Unfortunately it’s written like a cheap porno.Johanna Helen Howard was born on Main Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. The hero is narrated in a growling voice making him sound like an old cantankerous man which made me not like him even more. Honestly, all the other voices were narrated quite well. I also couldn’t stomach the horrible narration of the hero. The fact that the hero takes advantage of her, exploiting her innocence is just plain disturbing.

She acts like a 10 year old child, not like a 22 year old woman. The heroine never catching on the very obvious motives behind the hero’s actions - like undressing her and kissing her. The stupidity of the Heroine, being completely clueless (innocent) about physical attraction (even though she claims to have been around her older brothers) and the hero, deliberately walking around her and standing in front of her naked, hoping to arouse her was too much. I think the combination of a terrible narrator and ridiculous characters was too much. I’ve read a couple of books in this series and have found them fairly enjoyable - but NOT this one.

Gentle rogue