Flower of My Heart
Her topaz eyes flashing and her tawny hair cascading to her waist, Lady Estella Derwent waits as, at the drop of the hammer, her life is sold to the highest bidder. Surrounded by leering pirates on a merchantman bound for the Indies, she holds her proud head high and her tears remain unshed. Thus she becomes the property of the ruthless buccaneer Captain Hawk. And, despite her humiliation, Estella yearns for the touch of this hard, unsmiling man, her curiosity aroused by his mysterious past. Why should a gentleman consort with a band of cut throats? And why, even as he takes her body, should he seek to break her heart and deny the irrevocable love which is growing between them?