All he has to do is capture the elusive pirate known as Le Chat and deliver him to the King of England. Now he has the opportunity to achieve those desires. A tough sea captain, used to being in charge, he loves the water but yearns for land and a family – what his heart secretly desires above all else is to belong. Determined to find her beloved brother and bring him home, she secretly finagles her way aboard Captain Flint’s boat, never imagining how she, and her entire future, will be changed.Ī self-taught man from humble beginnings, Asher Flint has been working the seas since he was a small boy. When the ruggedly handsome sea captain, Asher Flint, the newly titled Earl of Ardmay, mistakes Violet’s brother, Jonathan for the pirate he is hunting, Violet suspects the real pirate could be her missing brother, Lyon though she can’t imagine what could have driven him to piracy. But this time, this adventure, will top anything that has gone before. And she was terrifying.īorn with a penchant for mischief, when Violet becomes bored everyone knows something outrageous is certain to follow. To the bloods of the ton, Violet Redmond was El Dorado. Only the foolhardy wagered who might finally be a match for her.

Bored with her mundane, though luxurious, life and bored with the tepid suitors who flock to her side. The two books now stand side-by-side atop my list of Long favorites and I Kissed An Earl is in the Top 5 of books I’ve read so far this year. The Perils of Pleasure, first in the Pennyroyal Green series was my favorite of all her books…until I read I Kissed An Earl. I’ll tell you right up front that Julie Anne Long is an auto-buy author for me and I’ve enjoyed every book I’ve read by her though, admittedly, some more than others.

He was surprised that sparks didn't fly from that heating hairsbreadth gap between their hovering fingers. He sensed everywhere she was achingly soft, her smooth pale skin emblematic of her sheltered privileged life. He knew the backs of her hands were untenably soft, because he'd covered them today with his own rough ones during the Potato Incident.

I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long