WINNER OF THE 2011 ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARD FOR ROMANCE

Morgan’s first crush was for a handsome young ship’s officer who often visited her father’s plantation. Little did she know that years later terrible circumstances would throw them together again in a life or death clash against the might of the Spanish armada. Could Morgan find true love with a notorious buccaneer? Or would she be sold as the mistress of a wealthy Spanish Don? Or would a vindictive ship’s captain manage to destroy any chance for her happiness?

“LADY & THE PIRATE is non-stop adventure and romance. The novel goes beyond the ordinary historical with excellent characters and an interesting complex plot.”

“Sweeping from the torrid heat of the West Indies to the icy palaces of 17th century England, LADY & THE PIRATE is an adventure with a fine dose of mystery and interesting characters. It’s a very satisfying read.” (SP – New Mexico)

Based – more or less — on historical fact, this tale is a romance in the oldest sense of the word. The main characters face is a series of adventures sweeping them from the sun baked Caribbean to England’s foggy shores.

Morgan Catherine Santiago Moorhouse was a child of a Spanish noblewoman wed to a British adventurer. Raised on her family’s Caribbean estate, she knows only love and security until she loses her parents in an unfortunate accident. Despite her protests, Morgan is sent to live with her father’s kin England. The only ship available to take her there, however, is the privateer captained by one of her father’s old friends, Daniel Harris, himself an exile from Cromwell’s despotic reign. Despite the seeds of an attraction that began years before, Daniel knows he cannot provide the kind of life Morgan deserves, and so turns her over to her cousin, never suspecting the dangers she will face in England.

When Morgan is finally able to escape from her family, she flees to Daniel’s ship, and this is when they finally decide to try to make a life together. Unfortunately, this is also when a Spanish vessel attacks and Daniel is kidnapped. One adventure follows another, until the final confrontation with both Morgan and Daniel in the middle of the horror and devastation of the earthquake and fires that destroyed Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7, 1692. No one can know what the future holds, and neither will you know what happens to Morgan and Daniel … unless, of course, you read the book!

THE LADY AND THE PIRATE is now available in Spanish!
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Available in both paperbook and eBook from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, & Smashwords.
SMASHWORDS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1136864
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Pirate-Johanna-M-Bolton-ebook/dp/B08X4DCD27
https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Pirate-Johanna-M-Bolton-ebook/dp/B08X4DCD27/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=johanna+m+bolton&qid=1628461563&s=books&sr=1-5

Historical Romance – 210 pages
Published 2011 – International Digital Book Publishing Industries
ISBN: 978-1-57550-018-8

I had a difficult time finding just the right cover for this novel. Here’s the old cover. It wasn’t bad, and I thought it represented the story rather well. Other people didn’t agree with me. One person said it looked like the cover for a Young Adult novel. Well, that wouldn’t do! So I changed it to the picture of a mostly naked young male. But that’s not it either. While there is romance in the book and even some “interesting scenes,” it’s as much a historical novel as a romance

Reviews for Lady & the Pirate

“This story sweeps from the torrid heat of the West Indies to the icy palaces of 17th century England. Rated a historical romance, and there is romance, The Pirate’s Lady is also an adventure with a fine dose of mystery. And the characters are interesting. It’s a very satisfying read.” (SP – New Mexico)

“Historical romance at its best with a true to life heroine and a hero who will set your heart pounding!”

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