Pot of Gold & Emerald Isle, Two Tales of Sexy Pirate Love by Megan Hart

Author:Megan Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Megan Hart
Published: 2015-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

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He loved the sea breeze in his face, Robin thought as the chill, salt-laden air lashed his long braids. The ocean was lover, friend, mother, child all wrapped up together. Its majesty and beauty never failed to move him; its fury never ceased to awe and amaze him. He'd never wanted anything more than life on the sea, with a ship beneath his feet and adventure ripe for the plucking.

Things had changed. He shaded his eyes and moved closer to the cliff edge, searching the ocean below for the ship he knew had to be cutting the waters. Now he had a wife. He never wanted to live away from the sea, but he no longer wanted to ride it to steal from others.

His Nora had adapted wonderfully to life as the wife of a pirate captain. She didn't get seasick and never complained about the lack of variety in their rations. The crew had loved her and accorded her a respect bordering on worship, for though his Nora had been born and bred a lady, she'd taken up the handling of all the crew's necessities without argument. She repaired garments, seasoned the food, made sure every man had his share of rest and sustenance. Her lilting songs lifted every heart, and though Robin had known many sailors who believed there could be only bad luck for ship with a woman aboard, none of his crew had harbored such superstition.

Except one. Barnabus, the betrayer. He'd sold them out for no more than the price of a flask of whiskey and an undiscerning whore's company. He'd shared the story of the leprechaun's emerald with a sailor enlisted by another pirate's crew, telling the other man how the jewel was fabulous enough to set up an entire crew for a lifetime.

The other man had told his captain. Gráinne Ni Mhaille, or as the English called her, Grace O'Malley. A fearsome wench who ruled the sea around Clew Bay, she'd done what any pirate would have done. She'd set out to steal the emerald.

Robin didn't blame her. He'd have done the same. Had done, in fact, though never to the pirate queen herself. And if it had been merely a jewel, he'd have let it go.

'Twas no mere jewel. It was a leprechaun's jewel, tied to the promise of wealth beyond imagination. He'd found the little green bastard in the Caribbean and stolen the first treasure marker, a coin that had led him to an island. He'd lost the gold, but come home with a better treasure in the end--his wife.

Unfortunately, Gráinne hadn't been satisfied with only taking the emerald. She'd also captured and conscripted his ship and crew. She'd shown Robin and Nora some mercy, at least, out of respect for a fellow captain, but she wanted to take no chances of easy retaliation. She'd put Robin and Nora ashore in Galway with enough coin to buy them a week's lodging and food.

He could still hear the wench's laughter as she strode

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