The Pirate LordHarper Collins, 2009 M03 17 - 384 pages A Splendid Opportunity A shipload of women—theirs for the taking! Pirate captain Gideon Horn couldn't be more delighted. His men are tired of wandering the high seas and want to settle down with wives on the uncharted island paradise they've discovered. And the women are bound to be grateful to be rescued from the life of drudgery awaiting them in New South Wales . . . Lord, he's so clever! A Splendid Passion Married? To pirates? Sara Willis couldn't be more appalled. First she demands proper courting—at least a month. The darkly handsome pirate lord gives them two weeks. Then Sara insists the men vacate their huts for the women—Gideon demands her kisses in return. As the demands heat up, so do their passions—and soon Sara can't remember just why she's fighting the devilishly seductive captain so hard. . . |
Contents
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Section 2 | 16 |
Section 3 | 33 |
Section 4 | 57 |
Section 5 | 74 |
Section 6 | 88 |
Section 7 | 102 |
Section 8 | 112 |
Section 15 | 210 |
Section 16 | 225 |
Section 17 | 234 |
Section 18 | 248 |
Section 19 | 264 |
Section 20 | 277 |
Section 21 | 294 |
Section 22 | 313 |
Section 9 | 126 |
Section 10 | 144 |
Section 11 | 154 |
Section 12 | 165 |
Section 13 | 182 |
Section 14 | 195 |
Section 23 | 323 |
Section 24 | 337 |
Section 25 | 349 |
Section 26 | 367 |
Section 27 | 372 |
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Page 136 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign ; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance : commits his body To painful labour, both by sea and land...
Page 137 - Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea, and one on shore, To one thing constant never. Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny. Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Page 277 - I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child.
Page 337 - The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women : this is one of the principal hinges on which the great machine of human society turns.
Page 57 - If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman— prescription.
Page 248 - And yet it is expected from us. One has no sooner left off one's bib and apron, than people cry — "Miss will soon be married!" — and this man, and that man, is presently picked out for a husband. Mighty ridiculous! they want to deprive us of all the pleasures of life, just when one begins to have a relish for them.
Page 88 - Who, with the power, has all the wit. Then shun, oh! shun that wretched state, And all the fawning flatterers hate. Value yourselves, and men despise: You must be proud, if you'll be wise.
Page 1 - ... on which the great machine of human society turns. Those who allow the influence which female graces have in contributing to polish the manners of men, would do well to reflect how great an influence female morals must also have on their conduct. How much, then, is it to be regretted that women should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform — to entertain, when they might instruct.
Page 313 - If all Men are born free, how is it that all Women are born slaves? as they must be if the being subjected to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary Will of Men, be the perfect Condition of Slavery?
Page 144 - This is among the mysteries which (as you justly say) will remain ever unfolded to our shallow capacities. I am much inclined to think we are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts ; and all our efforts (when we rebel against destiny) as weak as a card that sticks to a glove when the gamester is determined to throw it on the table. Let us then (which is the only true philosophy) be contented with our chance, and make the best of that...