The Pirate Bride's Holiday Masquerade by Cathy Skendrovich

She stamped her slippered foot once more.

What would happen if he were mean-spirited? A drinker? A womanizer? Sophie knew Papa needed money, but why did she have to sacrifice herself for his transgressions? It wasn’t fair. She didn’t know the man her father had chosen for her. Forget the fact that she came from a pirate family herself, that the house she stood in had in fact been purchased with pirate booty. “Papa, please.” She teared up at the very thought of giving herself to a stranger, a pirate.

I gave you the chance to choose a husband-” Our family has always had arranged marriages. I understand your lack of interest in marriage, but this is one decision I must enforce. “No Bellard woman has ever gone pirating and you will not start. After four coming out seasons, one disastrous, Sophie resolved to hang up her dancing shoes and become a captain in her father’s fleet. Tall, with alabaster skin and ebony hair, Sophie Bellard knew she was a beauty at twenty years of age, but the strong-minded personality she’d inherited from her father lessened her chance of a good matrimonial match. Charles Street, outside of the decadent Vieux Carre.

Sophie Bellard stamped her foot in the salon of her father’s house on St. I hope it intrigues you enough to buy it! The hero is Captain Andre Dubois, and his most reluctant wife is Sophie Dubois. My second book, The Pirate's Bride, just came out. My first book, Prisoner of Love is a contemporary romantic suspense. I have 2 published books here on Goodreads, and 2 more in the next year.

The Pirate Bride's Holiday Masquerade by Cathy Skendrovich