A spoiled English Lady rebels against the half-Native American half-English sea smuggler forced to be her husband and they discover the thrill of impetuous passion.

Smuggled aboard a ship bound for the colonies, the English lady Keely Bartholomew is ill-prepared for life in America, much less the devilish half-breed captain Brock Forrester. This man, the illegitimate son of a Lenni-Lenape man and an English woman, is used to having his own way. When the tall, brawny, mixed-race man caresses her and holds her in his massive arms, looking at her with eyes as black as night, the heiress is lost to her desire. When she tastes his savage kiss, she wants him, this arrogant, sarcastic ruffian. She wants him beyond reason. His savage touch makes her lose her mind….

PRESUMPTUOUS LADY

What possessed him to agree to marrying this red-headed English brat? Her aunt raised her badly, spoiled her, endowing her with unexpected willfulness. Brock, the master of his own fate, is a man who lets no one deter him from his course. Ever. But if he didn’t marry her, he wouldn’t have money, which he desperately needs. Only in their bedchamber can he be her master. There he can’t get enough of Keely’s creamy white breasts and soulful gray-green eyes. There he makes her beg for what only a wild man like himself can give.

SAVAGE SURVIVAL

Brock flies too close to the sun in the view of his many enemies. They plot to take him down and seize everything he owns. As Brock and Keely set sail for the colonies aboard his privateering vessel The Tempest, the ruffian and the rose will face grave danger. Only by coming together and relying on their smarts and bold action will this unlikely pair forge an unbreakable bond—or they risk losing their very lives.

REVIEWS OF THE RUFFIAN AND THE ROSE

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BONUS

This edition contains an excerpt from FORTUNE’S FLAME by Judith E. French.

ABOUT COLLEEN FRENCH

Colleen French has a unique gift for capturing the essence of passion in her breathtaking tales of romance and adventure. Winner of the Delaware Diamond Award for Literary Excellence and the P.E.A.R.L. award, she is the daughter of bestselling novelist Judith E. French who first taught her how to write. Colleen has written more than 130 print novels which have sold more than 5 million copies and been translated into Bulgarian, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, and Spanish. Her Native American novels are inspired by her English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and Lenni–Lenape ancestry and her home near the Chesapeake Bay, where her family has lived for more than 300 years. Her books appeal to fans of Christi Caldwell, Mary Balogh, C. J. Petit, Shirleen Davies, Karen Kay, Madeline Baker, Elle Marlow, Ellen O'Connell, Vonna Harper, Judith E. French, Kathryn Le Veque, Margaret Mallory, Julie Garwood, Caroline Fyffe, Maya Banks, Hannah Howell, Fiona Faris, and Alisa Adams.