Cover of Gentle Rogue (Malory-Anderson Family, #3)

Gentle Rogue

Johanna Lindsey

Malory-Anderson Families #3

historical romance(24k)

A spirited American woman disguised as a cabin boy falls for the roguish ex-pirate captain who commands her fate.

Content Warnings
dubious consentcaptivity

Description

(Malory Family #3) Heartsick and desperate to return home to America, Georgina Anderson, 22, boards the Maiden Anne disguised as a cabin boy, never dreaming she'll be forced into intimate servitude at the whim of the ship's irrepressible captain, James Mallory, 36. The black sheep of a proud and tempestuous family, the handsome ex-pirate once swore no woman alive could entice him into matrimony. But on the high seas his resolve will be weakened by an unrestrained passion and by the high-spirited beauty whose love of freedom and adventure rivals his own.

Malory-Anderson Families series

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