First published 2011
Silence Hollingbrook thought her shameful past was buried. Nine months ago, the widowed woman struck a deal with Mickey O'Connor, London's most feared river pirate, hoping to save her husband. The bargain destroyed her marriage and left her hiding in the foundling home she runs with her brother. Now Mickey returns with an impossible demand. He leaves his infant daughter on Silence's doorstep after the child's mother dies. The ruthless criminal knows Silence will care for the baby, binding her to him through her compassion. Mickey clawed his way to power through London's underworld by treating people as chess pieces. He has no patience for love or mercy. Yet he cannot forget the captain's wife who spent one night in his bed talking rather than surrendering to passion. As Silence tends to his daughter, Mickey discovers that some bonds cannot be manipulated or controlled. The woman who once came to him desperate and afraid now holds power over the one thing he never expected to care about.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adult-fiction, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: London
Period: 19th-century
12 pages · Audio CD · Hachette Book Group
Content warnings: sexual-content