The
Pirate Princess
Reign
of Light
Book
One
Kary
Rader
Genre:
Fantasy – Supernatural – Paranormal - Romance
Publisher:
Boroughs Publishing Group
Date
of Publication: May 27th 2014
ISBN:
9781941260180
Word
Count: 64,400
Book
Description:
For
a pirate, nothing is forbidden...except love. To gain her freedom,
Charlee must seduce the prince. To save the pirate, Prince Petra must
win her heart.
BY
HONOR ALONE
A
handsome war hero, Prince Petra can have his pick of any lady in the
kingdom. A man of virtue, he's saved himself for just the right one.
But when the corrupt emperor of Isa Vis kidnaps a duke's daughter to
force her into an alliance, Petra sacrifices himself—and his dreams
of love—to save her. Betrothing himself to the distant captive, he
leads a daring rescue across the stormy South Sea.
But
The Light has other plans. On the voyage, Petra runs afoul of
Charlee. Once a prisoner, now a pirate captain, the sultry siren
holds him captive with more than just her sword. And when she offers
a seductive wager—if he takes her body before they reach the City
of Light, she wins absolution for her crimes—it is all he can do to
hold firm. While he has every reason to bring Charlee to justice,
he’s also finally found a woman he wants more than honor. And he
can no more trust her than he can trust himself.
Keynote:
To gain her freedom, Charlee must seduce the Prince Petra. To save
the pirate, the prince must win her heart.
LOVE
& WAR
“I’ll
race you there.”
Charlee’s
mind spun in a whirl. She’d never been one to resist a challenge,
which Petra well knew. She’d also never been one to play fair.
She
softly took his hand and allowed him to pull her up. As soon as he
released her, she leaned toward him. His eyes widened and filled with
desire. She let a playful smile touch her lips and licked the bottom
one with her tongue. Petra sucked in a breath, but before he could
make a move, she shoved him back in the sand and took off running as
fast as she could, more laughter spilling from her lips—laughter
conspicuously sounding like giggles.
She
reached the west side of the pool at nearly the same time Petra
crested the cliff of the falls. That sneaky prince had found an
alternate route.
Their
eyes met and locked. She took one step into the water as he dove from
the cliff. Her breath caught in her throat. She froze for several
heartbeats, the ripples from his splash washing over her toes. Then,
out of nowhere, a strong arm rose in front of her, grabbed her leg
and pulled her in. She screamed and tried to pull away.
He
surfaced in front of her, his arms securely wrapped around her waist.
She tried to push and wiggle free, but his arms locked around her
more tightly. She tried to splash him, slap him and even butt him
with her head, but he captured her hands. Their eyes met unguarded
and full of passion. His warm body pressed against hers….
Excerpt
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“Your room is
here.” She stopped abruptly, and Petra turned to face her. Close
enough to touch him, she placed a hot hand on his chests, searing his
flesh. “These are fine accommodations.” She gazed into his eyes
and traced her bottom lip with her tongue. “But how would you like
to spend the night in my cabin, Prince?”
The challenge of
their earlier conversation hung in the air, and he was not about to
prove himself the sum total of his desire—regardless of how much he
longed to. Petra had learned enough of strategy to know this was her
power move. He could perhaps make a few bold moves of his own.
“Captain, my body wishes for nothing more, but I must decline, for
I’m not a man given idly to passion.”
She narrowed her
eyes. “Is that right?”
Maintaining her
gaze, he nodded. “I have requirements before I could allow myself
to…delight
in an offer such as yours.”
“I don’t barter
for pleasure, Prince. I don’t need to.”
“Nor was I
suggesting you should.”
“What are you
suggesting then?”
“I suggest
nothing. I’m merely stating that if I were to make love to you—or
any woman—I would require one thing.”
A smile grazed her
lips as if she’d already won a hard-fought battle. “What, then,
is your requirement?”
Petra softly
captured her face with his hands and peered down into it, unblinking.
“Your heart. Your whole heart.”
Her eyes widened;
she trembled beneath his fingers even as her face paled. The loud
clack of the sword falling to the floor couldn’t distract him. She
pulled from his grasp. Turning her back, her voice faltered. “Why
would you want that?”
“Because it’s
what I would offer in return.” He spun Charlee to face him and
pinned her against a cabin door, hands on either side of the wood as
he leaned in toward her. The closeness of her presence filled him as
if she were a fine, spiced wine. In this moment, he could overpower
her, but some heightened sense held him back. He searched the depths
of those sparkling emerald eyes for answers that she defied him to
find.
Her
chest heaved, and her sweet breath touched his face. “That, my
sweet prince, is something you will never get.
About
the Author:
Kary
Rader is a part-time Twitter sage, stay-at-home mother of three, and
slave to the characters and worlds inside her head. Always creative,
she's drawn to stories with fantastical worlds and creatures.
With
a little bit of magic and divine guidance, there isn't anything that
can't be accomplished with words. It's the power of words that
creates and destroys.
Vanquishing
evil and injustice while finding eternal love in the process is all
in a day's work. With the help of her critique partners and master
cartographer imaginary places come to life.
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