Dreaming by Jill Barnett

Author:Jill Barnett [Barnett, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FICTION / Romance / Historical, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781935661658
Publisher: BelleBooks, Inc.
Published: 2010-06-05T22:00:00+00:00

Rising out of the Channel Sea like the bruised arm of an angry Neptune was a stark gray rock called Lundy Isle. At first glance, Letty thought it appeared desolate, little more than a long, seemingly treeless plateau forced to bear the moods of wind and sea.

But as the longboat rowed closer to the southern tip of the isle, there were snatches of pink and mauve where wild rhododendrons huddled in the wrinkles of the rock, and a lone pine tree beckoned from a promontory point that was shielded from strong gusty breaths of westerly wind.

Behind them, anchored in a blue-green cove, sat the privateer, its sails battened and its masts little more than spiky fingers that bobbed against the afternoon sky. Gulls wheeled across that same sky, crying and diving, then lighting on a pebbly beach where they paced across a small ribbon of glittering sand like anxious hosts.

The pirate Dion knelt at the bow of the boat while a pudgy red-haired man with darting black eyes rowed. Letty and Richard and Gus sat between them, and Hamish lounged languidly at the stern of the longboat, his pistol drawn and his face in that perpetual droll smirk.

One final oar stroke and the boat rode a wave of sea wash into a sheltered cove where its bow thudded onto the beach. Gus shot over the rim of the boat and loped toward the gulls, kicking up clumps of wet sand and glossy ropes of kelp in his wake. The gulls cried in protest and flapped into the air, then tauntingly glided above him, just out of his reach.

Dion and Hamish exchanged a look that Letty didn’t understand, then Dion gave a slight nod of his head.

Hamish leapt from the boat and waved his pistol. “Come, little gillyflower. As much as I would love to keep you, Dion won’t allow me any toys.” He leaned down toward her, that familiar scent of cloves following him. He chucked her under the chin with the barrel of the pistol. “Such a shame.” Richard looked ready to go for the bigger man’s throat barehanded, and Letty instinctively grabbed his arm.

Lightning-quick, Hamish aimed the pistol at Richard.

Dion stood up quickly and pinned Richard with a cold stare. “Don’t be a fool.”

Letty could see the battle on Richard’s face. Everything about him, from his tight jaw to his tensed stance, said he wanted to fight, that he didn’t want to quietly succumb to whatever it was these men wanted. He was protecting her, instinctively, without even trying, and she doubted he even realized it. But she loved him even more for it.

She tightened her fingers on his arm, trying desperately to get his attention before he did do something utterly foolish. Slowly, Richard pulled his gaze away from cocky Hamish and looked down at her.

The plea in her eyes must have made him see reason, because he stepped stiffly from the boat and held out his hand to her, never once saying a word. But he didn’t have to.

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