Böcker av Rose Prendeville

Once upon a time, Maggie Mackintosh Budge yearned for handsome rogues and breathtaking adventure. Now widowed after a disastrous marriage and desperate to escape her still-matchmaking father, she stows away on the nearest vessel because sometimes the only solution is running away to sea. Bastian MacLeod never chose a life of piracy, but after coming of age under the brutal regime of Auldfarrand's Revenge, his world has been limited to placating the volatile captain and staying one step ahead of the navy-that is until he discovers Maggie in the cargo hold. The first rule of piracy is: wenches are unlucky and will be cast overboard. With Bastian's help, Maggie disguises herself and joins the crew, but sparks between them ignite like St. Elmo's Fire. Can they keep her secret-and keep their hands off each other-long enough to outwit the navy and hunt down the captain's lost treasure? Or will bad luck send them both to the hangman's noose?

1st place winner of the 30th annual Writer's Digest Awards.The only case they haven't cracked is how to be together.Not on Officer Maggie Kyle's Christmas bingo card:A homemade bomb in a bus station locker.A child, the prime suspect in the bombing.Her partner of ten years abandoning her to solve the case on her own.Max St. James might be the worst cop in the world-or at least in Toronto:He fell in love with his partner.He's the reason she never became a detective.He doesn't much care who planted the bomb.The IED's blast ignites years of tension, sending Maggie and Max careening in opposite directions-but opposites still attract. Can they find a way to come together to solve the case before another bomb goes off? And will it mean another ten years sacrificing the future they want for the partnership they already have?