In a world that feels like Victorian England but instead of horse drawn carriages, we have dragons, and each village has at least one mage to keep things a bit magical, Julian Massey is the youngest son of a wealthy businessman. For whatever reason, he’s always been sickly and a disappointment to his father. If he knew what fantasies Julian had, he’d probably be even more disappointed in him.
At the suggestion of his family physician, Julian spends the summer holiday in a cabin on the beach. It’s rustic and for the first time in his life Julian is at his own loose ends. But instead of turning around and going home, he finds he enjoys doing for himself and the outdoors becomes a refuge instead of a scary place. He even begins to make friends with the eccentric townfolk. One night a storm blows in and in the morning Julian finds a sick man washed to shore, Kit. He nurses him to health and finds way more than he was looking for.

Kit is not just some lost sailor, but an escapee from the evil pirates off shore… and a mercenary and thief. But Kit has no harm for Julian only love until the evil pirate returns.

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OOOOO! Such a delightful story! We get Julian’s return to himself through time spent on his own and then his discovery of love with Kit and his finding friends and loyalty with the townspeople. In addition we get pirates, too! And sword fights! And adventure!
This story literally has it all, romance, adventure and a really touching story about a man finding himself at last.
I loved this so much. Kim Fielding is a GIFTED writer and her stories are not only deliciously romantic, but also a bit moving and thought provoking. This reminded me – a bit – of her fabulous story “Brute”. Someone misunderstood but with a beautiful heart.
There’s just enough smexy times to make this a bit of a steamy read as well, but it’s the ending and the epic battle scene that seal the deal.

Highly Recommended

5 of 5 stars

Audio
Joel Leslie does an amazing job with the fairy-tale like story. The voices he chose for the townspeople were spot on and hysterical. He also managed to give a perfectly evil voice to the dreaded pirate boss and yet it didn’t feel like a cartoon. The timing, editing and emotions were well done and highly contributed to my enjoyment of this story.

5 of 5 stars