D Darlene Sonntag

The Respectable Rogue: the Aristocracy Series (Volume 2) D Darlene Sonntag

The Respectable Rogue follows the path of an ex-pirate trying to return to an acceptable lifestyle. Alec McHannal has made his home in Cuba, a country with a rocky and oftentimes violent history which allows him to assume the life of a nobleman without question. His life is turned upside down when his housekeeper hires a maiden that is running from a dangerous man in her father's absence. He and his household are unwillingly thrust into yet another violent skirmish when they decide the give her asylum, providing a false name to hide her. Jazmine Lipio discovers a terrible secret in her father's absence; one that could inevitably alter the future for everyone on the small island that is her homeland. In her attempt to hide from the instigator, she takes refuge on the plantation of a rich and popular Conde on the outskirts of Havana. She plans only to use the rogue's resources until she can find her father, and does not plan on falling in love with the arrogant hacendado. The Respectable Rogue is fraught with danger, excitement, romance and intrigue and will keep the reader guessing until the very end.