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From vengeance and strife, a legend is born
The Pirate Lord Rowen the Restless is one of the bastard triplets of King Edward III. At birth, the king ordered them killed, fearing the superstitions of triplets being evil spawns of the devil. They would only bring him bad luck. But when someone doesn’t want the babies to die, the boys’ lives are saved in secret.
Now, over two decades later, Rowen and his brothers, Rook, and Reed, are out for vengeance. They want the man who sired them to pay, for wanting them dead. Having found out the truth about their father on the night of Burnt Candlemas ten years earlier, the young boys’ lives changed drastically. They were split apart during the turmoil that devastated their homeland of Scotland.
Being stolen and raised by pirates, Rowen now commands a ship and works with brothers who live in the crypts and in the hills. They steal from the king and bring the riches back to Scotland. No one knows that the legendary Demon Thief is not one man but three brothers, each with a small army of their own.
The Widowed Lady Lady Cordelia of Whitehaven is a childless widow who wants nothing more than to have a family. She happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and before she knows it, she’s been taken captive by a pirate lord. The pirate is captivating and handsome, and protects her from his crew. Cordelia realizes he is very restless and has deep, dark secrets that disturb him. She hopes to uncover the secrets of the restless sea lord, because she sees a noble man trapped inside, making him more of a prisoner than herself.
One captive, and one captor. But who is really the prisoner here?