The Retaliator

About the Book

Margaret Thorne has spent her life being moved from one man’s authority to another. Now she is being carried across the sea to Saint Orlan, where a wealthy and powerful stranger waits to claim her as his wife.

Then pirates attack.

Captain Kieran of The Retaliator is dangerous, brilliant, and determined to remain unknowable. He has survived by guarding his past, his identity, and his heart more fiercely than any treasure. But when he gives Margaret something no respectable man ever has—a choice—neither of them is prepared for what follows.

As Margaret uncovers the truth behind her intended husband’s fortune and the women hidden behind locked doors and legal lies, she becomes more than a runaway bride. She becomes a witness, a weapon, and a woman no longer willing to be owned.

With enemies closing in and Kieran’s most carefully protected secrets threatened, they must decide whether love can survive exposure—and what freedom is truly worth.