Publisher: Harlequin
Date of publication: June 28, 2016
Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a
seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously by his family, and understands
he has to prove himself sufficiently reformed. When opportunity strikes, he
seizes the next leg of the covert mission his brothers have been pursuing and
sails to Freetown. His actions are decisive, and he completes the mission’s
next stage—but responsibility, once exercised, has taken root, and he remains
in the jungle to guard the captives whose rescue is the mission’s ultimate
goal.
Katherine Fortescue has fled the life of poverty her wastrel
father had bequeathed her and come to Freetown as a governess, only to be
kidnapped and put to work overseeing a child workforce at a mine. She and the
other captured adults understand that their lives are limited by the life of
the mine. Guarded by well-armed and well-trained mercenaries, the captives have
been searching for some means of escape, but in vain. Then Katherine meets a
handsome man—a captain—in the jungle, and he and his crew bring the sweet promise
of rescue.
The sadistic mercenary captain who runs the mine has other
ideas, but Caleb’s true strength lies in extracting advantage from adversity,
and through the clashes that follow, he matures into the leader of men he was
always destined to be. The sort of man Katherine can trust—with her body, with
her life. With her love.
The first voyage is one of exploration, the second one of
discovery. The third journey brings maturity, while the fourth is a voyage of
second chances. Continue the journey and follow the adventure, the mystery, and
the romances to the dramatic end.
"The vivid narrative, combined with quick cuts from
scene to scene, make for an engrossing read with an ending poised to continue
the adventure with yet another Frobisher brother." –Publishers Weekly
STARRED review
“Vividly etched West African jungle setting gives a
refreshing twist to Laurens’ latest Regency-set historical romance as she
continues the danger-packed story line." –Booklist
Enjoy this excerpt from The Daredevil Snared:
July 14, 1824Jungle east of Freetown, West Africa
Caleb Frobisher moved steadily forward through the jungle
shadows. His company of twenty-four men followed in single file. No one spoke;
the silence was eerie, stretching nerves taut. Beneath the thick canopy, the
humidity was so high that forging ahead felt like walking underwater, as if the
heavy atmosphere literally weighed on their limbs.
“Hell’s bells,” Phillipe Lascelle, at Caleb’s heels,
breathed. “Surely it can’t be much farther.”
“It’s only midmorning,” Caleb murmured back. “You can’t be
wilting already.”
Phillipe snorted.
Caleb continued along the path that was little more than an
animal track; they had to constantly duck and weave under and around palm
fronds and low branches festooned with clinging vines.
Somewhere ahead lay the slavers’ camp they’d come to find—or
so Caleb fervently hoped. Despite his determination to unwaveringly abide by
the rule book throughout this mission, thus proving
to all and sundry, and his family especially, that he could be trusted with
such serious endeavors, sometimes instinct—albeit masquerading as reckless
impulse—proved too strong to resist. His brother Robert’s hand-drawn map
described the location of the slavers’ camp—Kale’s Homestead—when approached
from the west. However, Caleb had studied the camp’s position and decided to
come in from the north. From all he’d gleaned from Robert’s notes, the slavers
would be alert to any incursion from the west; they would almost certainly have
lookouts posted, making west not the wisest direction from which to approach
if one’s intention was to seize the camp.
Which was, rather plainly, their purpose; why else would
twenty-five strong men all armed to the gills be trooping through such a
godforsaken place?
Three nights before, Caleb, in his ship, The Prince,
closely followed by his old comrade-in-adventure, Phillipe, in his ship, The
Raven, had slipped into the estuary on the night tide. They’d kept to the
north shore, well away from the shipping lanes leading into Freetown harbor,
and sailed deeper down the estuary and into Tagrin Bay, reducing the risk of
detection by any naval vessels going into and out of the harbor; according to
Robert’s information, the West Africa Squadron should now be in port, and Caleb
would prefer to avoid having to explain himself to Vice-Admiral Decker.
About the author:
About Stephanie Laurens
New York Times bestselling author Stephanie
Laurens originally began writing as an escape from the dry world of
professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career; she has been writing
historical romance novels for more than 20 years. Currently living outside
Melbourne, Australia with her husband and two cats, she spends most of her days
writing new stories in her signature ‘Errol Flynn meets Jane Austen” style.
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Thanks for featuring this excerpt for the tour!
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