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Romance · 2007 · PG-13

The Captain of All Pleasures

by Kresley Cole

A free-spirited sea captain's daughter clashes with a dangerous rival captain during a high-stakes 1850s sea race.

From the author of Immortals After Dark series comes the drama, passion, and boundless adventure of the high seas as one fiery lass finds herself caught in a tide of torrid romance. Raised as a free spirit aboard her American sea captain father's majestic clipper ship, willful Nicole Lassiter has never encountered an obstacle she couldn't overcome—until she meets Captain Derek Sutherland. His sizzling kisses leave her longing, but after they share a night of passion, his subsequent disdain makes her blood boil. Nicole vows to take her revenge by helping her father beat Sutherland in a high-sta

For14+GenreRomanceLength400 pagesRead time~8 hours

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Violence

Barely any

Shipboard peril and rivalry, nothing graphic

Language

Barely any

Mild for the genre

Sexual Content

Some

Steamy but reviewers note the hero notably stops himself from forcing himself on the heroine, despite entertaining the thought

Substance Use

None

Not a factor

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

The hero is described as brash and immature rather than genuinely dark

What this book is about

Kresley Cole's debut novel follows willful Nicole Lassiter, raised aboard her father's clipper ship, as she's drawn into a torrid rivalry-turned-romance with Captain Derek Sutherland during a major transatlantic sea race in 1856.

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