A Pirate at Pembroke by Danielle Thorne
Keeping company with a reputed pirate is one thing, but falling in love with him could ruin the eccentric Crestwood family for good...
Sophie Crestwood is never going to catch a husband, and she isn’t even sure she wants one. Her father is a gossip, her mother has her nose in a book, and little Jack has shamefully been dismissed from boarding school. Worst of all, a pirate moves next door into Pembroke Hall.
When Sophie's sent to a matchmaking party at a neighboring estate, the pirate from Pembroke arrives and distracts everyone from the summer festivities. Unguarded, her feelings about the mysterious Captain Murdock bloom into a trusted friendship that Sophie fears may come to mean more than anyone could ever suspect.
Praise
There have been only a handful of times when a book truly blows me away. This is one of those times. It's full of emotions from laughter to tears and all in between. There are heroes and villains. There's mystery, humor, danger, and romance all contained within its pages. As I read, I became fully engaged with the characters. ~D. Pearson
This sweet romance will give you all the feels and keep you turning pages. Romance, mystery and a little humor made this an engaging and satisfying read. ~F. Brown
Excerpt
He held a handful of her shift in his fist. She had not snagged it after
all. Rather, he had snagged her. She jerked in surprise, but his hold
kept her from falling backward and tumbling down the stairs. His other
hand trembled as it balanced precariously on a carved dragon head at the
top of his cane.
“What do you think you are doing?”
“I… I heard music and followed it.”
His eyes blazed with accusation, and it unnerved her.
“I’m so sorry,” she said in a choking voice. Her nose tingled again. She touched it with her fingers to make it stop.
“It’s not possible you heard music from all the way down in your room.”
Sophie took a nervous breath. He stood there, one step above her like a
giant, her bedclothes gripped in his hand so tight it shook. She hadn’t
heard him shuffle down the hall after her. He moved as silent as a ghost
when he wanted — even with a cane. She found the courage to meet his
penetrating gaze.
“I did hear something from my room. Then I was in the
hall.”
Captain Murdock waited for a long pause, while the dust they had stirred
up in the rugs pirouetted in the air and into Sophie’s eyes and nose.
“You should not be out of bed,” he said.
Sophie swallowed down her frightened apprehension. She tried to beg his
pardon, but her lungs failed her, and she coughed in reflex. She covered
her mouth with her fingers. “I’m so sorry,” she repeated between them,
her cheeks hot with humiliation. She stared at the fistful of her
garments he’d snatched, aware his eyes examined her from her straight,
waist-length hair down to her naked ankles.
With a jerk, he dropped her
shift like it burned his hand.
“Go to bed,” he said in a quiet voice.
Sophie’s nose had not quit tingling and itching. “Yes, sir,” she said at
once, but not soon enough to keep a sneeze from erupting. It came so
fast and without warning, she had no chance to catch it before it doused
him with all her rejection.
Horrified, she stumbled down the next step, thankful the old handrail
held fast. When she glanced back, he was wiping off his shirt with a
look of disgust.
Author Danielle Thorne
Danielle Thorne is the author of a dozen books, including five-star classic romance and adventure in several genres. A graduate of BYU-Idaho, she has edited for both Solstice and Desert Breeze Publishing and participated in writing organizations and contests over the years picking up awards and recognition for her work. When not researching or writing fiction, Danielle freelances as a historical non-fiction author for young adults from her home in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves to hear from romance readers through her website and appreciates feedback and reviews. Her next adventure, The Story of Queen Victoria 200 Years After Her Birth, is coming 2018 with Atlantic Publishing.
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