Claimed by the Rogue

Claimed by the Rogue

<em>He crossed an ocean to find her. His secret could prevent him from claiming her heart.</em><br /><br /><em>Claimed</em>, Book 1<br /><p>When Robert Bellamy signed on with the East India Company and set sail for Calcutta, <br />Lady Phoebe Tremont took his promise to heart. Their separation would be but brief; in <br />six months he would send for her.</p><br /><p>Six years later, believing her love to be drowned at sea, Phoebe hides her tears behind a <br />disguise at a masked ball to celebrate her engagement to a dashing French aristocrat. It is <br />there she encounters a handsome guest costumed as a rogue of the sea—a pirate. When <br />he drops his mask, she finds herself looking into a dead man’s eyes. A ghost’s eyes. <br />Robert’s eyes.</p><br /><p>Through hardship and degradation, Robert never lost his resolve to return home to <br />England a rich man. Now a successful ship’s captain, there is one prize left to reclaim—<br />Phoebe.</p><br /><p>But the demure debutante he left behind has grown into a dazzling, decidedly self-<br />determined woman. Nor is Robert the callow youth who set sail in search of adventure. <br />Yet the one thing that could win her heart is the very dark truth his pride warns him never to reveal…</p><br /><p></p><br /><strong>Warning</strong>: This book contains steamy sex, some violence—and a hero so swoon-worthy <br />you’ll find yourself seduced into staying up into the wee hours turning pages.