Pirate of My Heart Jamie Carie Paperback, 320 pp., $14.99 B&H Fiction (September 1, 2011)
When her doting father dies, Lady Kendra Townsend is given a choice: marry the horrid man of her cold, money-grubbing uncle’s choosing or leave England to risk a new life in America with unknown relatives. Armed with the faith that God has a plan, Kendra boards a cargo ship and meets American sea captain Dorian Colburn. But the captain doesn’t need an English heiress to make him slow down, feel again, or answer questions about his faith—or so he thinks. It is not until Dorian must save Kendra from the dark forces surrounding her that he decides she may be worth the risk.
The Guardian Duke Jamie Carie Paperback, 320 pp., $14.99 B&H Books (February 1, 2012)
Gabriel, the Duke of St. Easton, is ordered by the King to take guardianship over Lady Alexandria Featherstone, whose parents are presumed dead. But Alexandria ignores this royal reassignment, believing her parents are still alive and duly following clues that may lead to their whereabouts. Gabriel, pressured by the King’s ulterior motives, pursues her across windswept England and the rolling green hills of Ireland but is always one step behind. When they do meet, the search for earthly treasure will pale in comparison to what God has planned for both of them.
Christmas 1897: Ellen Pierce and her brother are heading for the Alaska gold rush. When ice stalls their steamship, Buck Lewis offers to lead them on foot to Dawson City. Buck is determined to leave behind a heartbreaking past, but he didn’t count on a woman joining a dangerous trek—or on falling in love with her. As their journey unfolds and Christmas approaches, Ellen and Buck discover that the greatest gift of all can’t be wrapped in paper and tied with a bow.
In 1808, when Emma marries Eric Montclaire, she believes a fairy tale has just begun. Instead, her husband’s angelic looks only mask a monstrous soul. Praying for mercy, she is devastated when Eric insists on her joining his yearlong group expedition to the Pacific Ocean, following the trail Lewis and Clark blazed just a few years earlier. By the time cartographer Luke Bowen realizes Emma’s plight, it’s too late to easily untangle what has become an epic web of lies, theft, murder, courtroom drama, and a deep longing for love. Only God can show them the way out.
Christophé, Count of St. Laurent, lost his family to the guillotine and fled to Carcasonne. There he meets the Scarlett, a complex, lionhearted widow taken by the undercover aristocrat’s passion for astronomy and its influence upon his faith. Although their acquaintance begins brightly enough, when the Count learns that Scarlett is related to the man who murdered his family, he turns from love and chooses revenge. Heaven only knows what it might take for Christophé to love again, to love his enemy, and to love unconditionally.