Hart’s
Desire
By
Chloe Flowers
HART’S
DESIRE by Chloe Flowers is a rollicking adventure through the Carolina Lowlands
that snatches your breath and steals your heart. If you like stories about
spunky heroines and the scoundrels who love them, this is the historical
romance read for you. When Keelan Grey tries to escape her fate of marrying a
foul man, she runs smack into Captain Landon Hart, commander of the Desire, and
the fire that erupts between them could burn the sails and sink the ship.
Title: Hart’s Desire
Series: Pirates and Petticoats #1
Author: Chloe Flowers
Genre: Historical Romance
Release
Date: May 17th, 2016
Publisher:
Flowers & Fullerton
Print
Length: 330 pages
Format: Digital and Paperback
Digital
ISBN: 978-1-63303-998-8
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-63303-997-1
Synopsis:
An independent young lady meets a bold merchant
captain pursued by a band of Caribbean pirates...what could possibly go wrong?
Keelan Grey had a solid plan that would save her from
an arranged marriage to a cruel plantation owner until a deathbed confession
from a loved one plunges her into a dark plot of deception and revenge.
After a daring escape, Captain Landon Hart sails
the Desire to Charleston for repairs and to keep a mysterious appointment with
a plantation owner. He meets a sword-wielding, fiery-haired tempest on the way,
and he isn't prepared for the impact she has on his tightly guarded heart...nor
the trouble she manages to attract.
Excerpt:
“Damn!” She tucked her
chin to her chest and groped for more tangled curls. This was a fine mess. If
Aunt Sarah caught sight of her now, she'd drop in a dead faint.
“That’s an understandable
expletive for a young girl posing as a boy, however, as a young girl
masquerading as foliage, it’s a bit disconcerting.”
Keelan ceased her
struggle, mortified. A shadow fell over the ground at her feet, followed by
black riding boots, lightly dusted from the road. She raised her gaze over fine
black breeches and tapered waist. Raising her gaze higher, it stuttered at a
white linen shirt untied at the neck, before she took in the broad shoulders, a
strong jaw, a small scar on the chin and a straight, but haughty aquiline nose.
Captain Hart stood in front of her, his crystalline blue eyes glittering with
amusement. This was going to be trouble.
“You can come out now. I’m afraid you’ve been
discovered.”
With his black hair wild
about his shoulders, Keelan could easily picture Landon Hart with a brace of
pistols and a scabbard, standing at the helm of a dark pirate ship. When his
white teeth flashed in a brilliant smile, she stopped breathing altogether.
The first impression which
streaked through her mind was that he was beautiful. His azure eyes took on a
mischievous glint, making her wonder if he’d just read her mind.
“I would gladly come out,
but my hair is caught,” she muttered, unnerved again by her body’s response to
the man. “And I am not a mere girl. I’ll have you know, Captain, I’m nineteen.”
She clenched her teeth and fought harder to yank her hair from the branches.
Drat. She had the most abominable luck.
Captain Hart stepped
closer. “Perhaps I can be of some assistance and free you from your bushy
captor.” He gave her a lazy grin followed by a long appraisal from head to toe.
His nearness had an
adverse effect on her lungs and she found it difficult to draw a breath. She
sensed a rakish quality in the captain. As if he knew she was flustered by his
proximity, he stepped even closer. She wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if
he was terribly conceited and prone to more than a little deceit, as well.
“No.” She pulled again and
a sharper pain shot across the back of her head. “I can do it, really, Captain
Hart.” Why didn't he just leave her alone?
“Nonsense.” He gently
grasped her wrists to pull them away from her hair.
He was too close.
The scent of him mingled
with leather and fresh spring air, which combined for a heady mix of danger and
calm.
About Chloe Flowers:
After many years in the corporate
environment managing marketing promotions for major consumer products
companies, and teaching strategic marketing to MBA students, Chloe broke free
from the cubicle to write full-time.
She’s always been a Parrothead, loves
to write while listening to Celtic music, and when life gets too serious, she
reads Calvin and Hobbes comics. Her love of pirate tales started with Peter Pan
and continues with the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Sailing on the
Caribbean ocean with the wind at her back and the sun in her face is Chloe's
idea of paradise. Readers who like action and adventure mixed with historical
romance, pirates, sailing ships, sea adventures, independent heroines and dark,
brave heroes, will enjoy the Pirates & Petticoats series about spunky
heroines and the scoundrels who love them.
Look for the release of the Bridal
Veil Falls series in late fall 2016. The self-proclaimed "Town of Happily
Ever Afters" will have readers falling in love with this small town,
contemporary romance series sprinkled with humor and topped with love.
Chloe lives in Ohio with her tall,
dark and handsome husband, three children and two rambunctious dogs, Indiana
and Luke, who are named after her two favorite action heroes.
In her youth, she loved reading
Kathleen Woodiwiss novels. Today, she loves reading books by Julia Quinn,
Debbie Macomber, Bella Andre, Barbara Freethy, John Sanford, James Pattenson,
George Lucas, Linda Howard, Miranda Liasson and Sheridan Jeane.
Variety is bliss, is it not?
