His Pirate Seductress by Tamara Hughes – a Review

 

His Pirate Seductress
Love on the High Seas series – Book #3
by Tamara Hughes
Release Date: November 9, 2015

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Description:
With her son’s life in the balance, Catherine Fry is forced to locate and steal the priceless Ruby Cross of the Knights Templar. She knows who has it—it’s just a matter of coercing Thomas Glanville, the handsome and incredibly stubborn captain of the ship she’s captured, into telling her the exact location. Fortunately, Catherine knows that there are many ways to get a man to talk…

Captain Thomas Glanville has the cross and he’ll be damned if he’s going to hand it over now that he finally has the means to buy a ship of his own. He’s at the mercy of a fiery woman who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. But Catherine has no idea who she’s dealing with—and Thomas has his own means of charming a woman into his mercy and his bed…

 

Review;

I swear each book in this series just keeps getting better. His Pirate Seductress is the latest installment to Tamara Hughes’s Love on the High Seas series and I loved every minute of it. Once again we have pirates, danger, intrigue, captives, treasure being sought and of course a simmering romance between two strong willed pirates.

His Pirate Seductress is Thomas and Catherine’s story. We first met Thomas Glanville in book one Tempting the Pirate. Thomas was James’ first mate on James’ pirate ship, and now he’s the captain of a ship that is suddenly taken hostage by another group of pirates led by one very determined fiery pirate-tess. I just loved Catherine, she’s one hell of a strong female lead. There’s nothing and no one that will get in her way of saving her son and mother who are being held hostage by a cruel man bent on revenge. She doesn’t hide behind her crew, instead she’s in the thick of things dueling it out with sword and dagger in hand, fighting for what she needs. Thomas Glanville thought his pirate days were over, and has in his possession a treasure that will ensure he can purchase his own boat to captain and prove to his family he can make it on his own. Thomas is a strong willed, arrogant, knows what he wants type of man and won’t let anything stand in his way. Well, except for a female pirate by the name of Catherine Fry, who seems to have his number. No matter what Thomas does, Catherine is always there in his face, in his thoughts and turning his world and grand plans upside down.

From their first meeting in the book you could see and feel the chemistry and sexual pull between the two. Their banter is snarky, playful and filled with sexual innuendos which only adds more fuel to the slow simmering, seductive romance that is blossoming between our two head strong pirates.

“Be quiet, or I’ll run you through with my sword.”

“I’d much rather run you through with mine,” he suggested, his voice a sexy rumble that made her shiver.”

Loved this scene and the playful interactions between Catherine and Thomas throughout the book. I felt it only added more character to their personalities and their romance. They definitely make a fun, sexy couple who were able to carry the story and keep the reader interested and invested in their adventure on the high seas.  

Even though they are at odds with each other over the Ruby Cross, both start to see the other in a different light and form a mutual respect for one another and decide to work together instead of against each other. They wind up forming a truce that leads to both realizing that they are better together then apart, and realize that through their shared ordeal have somehow fallen in love with each other.

His Pirate Seductress had everything I come to expect in a good ol’ pirate story. I was captivated and drawn in to the story by Thomas and Catherine from the very beginning. It was the type of story I couldn’t put down because I had to know what was going to happen next. The action was fast paced and thrilling, with just enough danger and suspense thrown in to keep me on the edge of my seat waiting to see if Catherine would succeed in rescuing her family. Once again Tamara Hughes has written a strong, well devised plot with two strong leads who were able to carry the story on their own and keep the reader interested from beginning to end.

Until next time matey’s, happy reading!!

 

Beauty’s Curse
Love on the High Seas series – Book #2
by Tamara Hughes
Release Date: June 9th, 2015

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Description:
England, 1722


Amelia Archer will be the ruin of her family. Her extraordinary bad luck is burden enough, but her sweet, trusting nature often lands her in impossible scrapes. After the last straw, Amelia’s harried father ships his unfortunate daughter off to the Colonies to live with her aunt. But wherever Amelia goes, bad luck is sure to follow…

Pirate David Lamont is taken with the lovely young Englishwoman the moment she’s pulled aboard from her sinking vessel. But sailors are already a superstitious lot and Amelia is unwelcome. In a feat of chivalry, David defends and claims her for himself…

Now their fortunes—for good or ill—are invariably tied. But as much as she longs for him, Amelia cannot allow a romance. For a lady of misfortune can only bring ruin to those she loves…

 

Review;

I just love Tamara Hughes’ Love on the High Seas series and Beauty’s Curse is a wonderful installment to it. It had a little bit of everything one would expect in a pirate book. There’s danger on the seas, intrigue, romance, sailor’s superstitions and curses all surrounding a dark brooding hero and cute spunky heroine who thinks she’s cursed. Toss that all together and you get a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.

In Beauty’s Curse we finally meet James’ brother David Lamont who’s been missing for the past year. We only learn of David through his brother James in Tempting the Pirate and last we knew it was rumored he was on a pirate ship called The Wanderer. This is where Beauty’s Curse picks up. David is indeed on the pirate ship the Wanderer and is their musical entertainment since he has a violin and knows how to play it. However, David isn’t the same person James used to know. After his harrowing and horrific past year, David has become dark and brooding, keeping to himself and not caring about life anymore. That is until he meets our poor ‘accident waiting for a place to happen’ heroine Amelia. She’s a spunky, sweet, funny girl who just can’t catch a break and believes she’s cursed. She made me chuckle on more then once occasion, and watching her awaken the old David and bring him back into the light was very heartwarming to witness. Likewise, David in turn helps Amelia to see she’s not cursed, but had the idea planted in her head by her evil stepmother who wanted her out of her way. Even though they are a bit of a mismatched couple, they just click and come together perfectly. They develop a bond of friendship, which in turn begins to spark a slow burning romance between the two. Each scene the chemistry continues to grow until finally they can’t deny themselves any longer. Amelia and David are well developed characters and we get to learn who they are through their conversations with each other and interactions with the other characters. It’s also thanks to Amelia that David is finally reunited with his brother and it’s at this point Amelia finally believes she isn’t cursed, because she was lucky to have wandered upon James and his wife as they were searching for David.

As I said earlier Beauty’s Curse is an excellent installment to Tamara’s Love on the High Seas series. It’s a fast and fun read, where she creates a solid well developed plot with a fun, spirited romance between our couple. Combine that with danger and intrigue on the high seas and you have the makings for a perfect pirate book. For anyone who’s a fan of pirates and damsels in distress then Beauty’s Curse is the book for you.

Until next time happy reading matey’s and beware of walking the plank!!

Reviews by Marcie

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