Gabrielle Brook is a lovely young woman who has just lost her mother. She decides to sail the treacherous waters to find her elusive father. While at sea, the ship she is on is seized by a vicious pirate who decides that Gabrielle is the ultimate prize. After landing on a Caribbean island known to house pirates, she spies her father and finds herself back in his custody. She is shocked and delighted by her father's true occupation. Her father sends her back to England to stay in the care of a notorious pirate. While attending balls and soirees to find a husband, there is only one man whom she desires. Gabrielle is shocked by the sizzling responses that Drew evokes from her. She finds him stubborn, obnoxious, rude and beneath her station in life. When she learns of her fathers capture, she decides to get even with Drew for ruining her reputation and become the pirate he thinks she is. Will Gabrielle open her heart to the only man who has ever captured it? Or will her revenge destroy the only chance she had with him?

Drew Anderson is a successful business man and loves to be out on the open waters captaining his own ship. While in England on business, he decides to visit his only sister. Drew is stunned by the beautiful and irritating Gabrielle that is staying with his sister. He has always been against marriage, but he is having a hard time denying the powerful emotions that she evokes from him. But he will not allow himself to fall in love with a pirate. But when Gabrielle starts receiving lots of attention from men, Drew gets irritated by his jealousy. So he makes a flippant remark that ruins her reputation and finds himself being held captive on his own ship. Will Drew realize too late that Gabrielle is the only woman he has ever loved? Or will he discover passion in the one pirate he has sworn to hate?

CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES is an awesome romantic suspense that will take you on an exhilarating journey into the world of pirates and passion. Ms. Lindsey pens a tale laced with charismatic characters,how could she not with the Mallory's to work with, vivid imagery and a captivating plot that will not allow you to put the book down. I was up all night reading CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES. I laughed at the wonderful bantering between Gabrielle and Drew. I also cried when two hearts soared together. Both Gabrielle and Drew are wonderful characters that you can not help but to fall in love with. Gabrielle is stubborn, smart and has a lot of compassion for both the pirates and high society people in her life. Drew is just yummy. He is extremely stubborn in denying the passion he feels for Gabrielle. The secondary characters are just as fun and vibrant to read. Ms. Lindsey proves once again why she is an award winning author with CAPTIVE OF MY DESIRES.

Book Summary

Devastated by her mother's death, eighteen-year-old Gabrielle Brooks sets sail from England to a Caribbean island in search of her estranged father. But instead of encountering a distinguished merchant ship's captain, she discovers her father has become a pirate! After spending three wonderful years sailing and treasure hunting with him, Gabrielle is dismayed when her father decides she must return to London to find a proper husband. His old friend James Malory will sponsor her in polite society.

In London, Gabrielle is escorted to balls and parties by James Malory's wife, Georgina, and her brother, Drew Anderson, a dashing American sea captain who is visiting. Though drawn to Gabrielle's fiery beauty, Drew, a fun- loving rogue, wants nothing to do with a young woman hunting for a husband. Incensed by Drew's indifference, Gabrielle is determined to win his attentions. But when Drew embroils her in a scandal the night before he's to sail back to America, Gabrielle vows revenge. Enlisting the help of her father's pirate cronies, Gabrielle commandeers Drew's ship and takes him prisoner. But as passion runs high on their sea voyage, it becomes difficult to tell who is truly the captor and who is the captive.