Captive Secrets

by Fern Michaels

Overview

"This bestselling author is as polished as they come."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fury van der Rhys is the daughter of Sirena, the beautiful Sea Siren, who rode the high seas as commander of a frigate, plundering the ships of the Dutch East India Company. Brandishing her mother's sword, Fury sets sail for the coast of Africa to challenge Amalie, the gorgeous black-hearted pretender to her mother's legacy, and to fight for the tall, dark-eyed Spaniard they both love and have sworn to have....

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345341235
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/26/2005
Series:	Captives Series , #4
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	4.16(w) x 6.85(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Fern Michaels is the New York Times bestselling author of the sizzling quartet of contemporary novels Texas Rich, Texas Heat, Texas Fury, and Texas Sunrise, as well as the steamy books in the Captive series: Captive Passions, Captive Embraces, Captive Splendors, Captive Secrets, and Captive Innocence. She is also the author of Serendipity, Seasons of Her Life, Desperate Measures, the Kentucky trilogy, and the Sisterhood series.

Hometown:

Summerville, South Carolina

Place of Birth:

Hastings, Pennsylvania

Education:

High School

Editorial Reviews

In this inane historical romance, Furana van der Rhys, daughter of the beautiful, infamous--and now retired--pirate called the Sea Siren, plans for a quiet life: she's going to become a nun. But when Luis Domingo appears at her parents' home in Spain and catches Fury's eye, she begins to realize her vocation will deny her the sensuality she had till then resisted. Nevertheless, Fury sails for Java with her hawks Gaspar and Pilar (who, among other feats, take over the wheel of the ship during a maelstrom), only to discover that her entry to the convent there has been delayed by an outbreak of fever. Luis also sails into Java, determined to track down the Siren who ruined his father years ago; his own ship too has just been plundered by a woman claiming to be the Siren. Fury, realizing that this new Siren is a fake who is besmirching the reputation of her mother (who was a nice sort of pirate, really), dons her mother's old costume and takes to the high seas to stop the impostor and, of course, explore the truth of the Siren's identity with the handsome Luis. Michaels wrote the Texas Rich trilogy. (June)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Michaels here offers a historical romance set on the high seas. The plot follows beautiful she-pirate Fury van der Rhys as she plunders booty and evades the clutches of a handsome Spanish captain who has vowed to bring her to justice. Her heart may be all that he can capture, however. Characteristic of the genre, this first hardcover of the 1991 original will be popular among Michaels fans. Severn House books can be ordered at a discount at 800-830-3044.

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