[Duke of Rutland 01] • Sweet Vengeance

Some say life is a grand adventure-but for Lady Abigail Rutland, it's a tremendous bore. As a woman of noble birth in eighteenth-century England, she is expected to keep quiet and marry well, but she longs for so much more.

"Be careful what you wish for," the old saying goes. After a chaotic night, she wakes up in the hold of a former slaver with her body bound and her hair shorn. She is soon "rescued" by an American privateer, who assumes she is a cabin boy and puts her to work. Eager for adventure, Abigail maintains her disguise despite a budding attraction to the infamous Captain Jacob Thorne. Meanwhile, Captain Thorne schemes to spring his kin from a British prison.

What follows is a thrilling tale that tosses and churns with the high seas. Set during the height of the American Revolution, *Sweet Vengeance* contains accurate historical details that enrich and complicate the story. Abigail yearns for danger and excitement, and it isn't long before she discovers that the most urgent peril comes from within her own wild heart.