The Lafitte brothers were privateers, legally commandeering ships and cargoes with permission from the USA and Spain. They were also American patriots who assisted Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans against the British (1814-15). Their lieutenants, heroes of these stories, are entirely fictional characters. Christian must win the trust of the governorβs niece to free Lafitte, but she isnβt in her uncleβs good graces. Shipwrecked off the Texas coast, a German beauty is taken to Lafitteβs camp by Marc Rochelleβhis Creole mistress is not happy. Bored with proper society, Emily Clayton longs for adventure, but is she ready for the man from a dark-hulled ship that flies no flag? Romance is the same as it was two hundred years ago.