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Dark Before the Rising Sun (Dominick Trilogy #3) by Laurie McBain   Dante and Rhea and their band of stalwart friends return to England. Rhea is reunited with her beloved family and home, Camareigh, with Dante a barely tolerated misalliance. However, Dante must move on to his ancestral home and the problems that await him, including accusations of murder. Those problems include an old enemy with a powerful grudge, leader of a band of rapacious smugglers. The situation is exacerbated by the presence of the man who led to Dante's fall into hell as a young man. Friends are present though, including Captain Morgan fresh from the West Indies. Treachery is afoot and Damte must do all he can to protect his loved ones and regain his heritage. I must admit that are times the situation become almost too melodramatic. But I rolled with it. Although I did not see the particulars of the last surprise coming, something about that first meeting had made me wonder. This novel stands al...

Chance the Winds of Fortune (Dominick Trilogy #2) by Laurie McBain  Old quarrels and revenge reach out after years and strike at Lucien Dominick's family. The focus of these attempts is his daughter Lady Rhea Claire, sold as an indentured servant and incarcerated in the bowels of a ship bound for Charles Town. Rhea, a breath of golden jessamine, manages to escape but in the hue and cry of the chase hides out in a dangerous place--the cabin of privateer Dante Leighton, Marquis of Jacqobi and captain of the Sea Dragon. Dante might be sceptical that this isn't some complex ruse but everyone from the cabin boy to the first mate, including the turncoat cat Jamaica are won over by Rhea. Of course the sparks fly between the two, those of temper and those of attraction. However Dante will not be gulled and Rhea will not be deterred from charting her course for home. An enthralling story that stretches across oceans, colourful in its telling and beguiling in its imagery. Mul...