Destiny's Captive
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In national bestselling author Beverly Jenkins' Destiny series, the Yates men play hard and live hard. And when they find that special woman, they fall hard . . . Noah Yates fully believes in the joys of a happy family and a good wife. But that's not the life for him. No, he would much rather sail the wild seas in search of adventure, not tied down. But then the unthinkable happens . . . he finds himself literally tied down. To a bed. By a woman. And Pilar isn't just an ordinary woman. She's descended from pirates. And after giving him one of the worst nights of his life, she steals his ship! Now Noah is on the hunt, and he'll stop at nothing to find this extraordinary woman . . . and make her his.
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5 primary books6 released booksDestiny
Destiny is a 6-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Theresa Rizzo, Toni Blake, and Beverly Jenkins.
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Suffers a little bit from being the last in a series, especially since the first quarter or so has a detour back to California and Noah's mom getting remarried. Not bad, though, especially since I'm going back and reading the first two books in the series now (so, mission accomplished, I guess!). Marriage of convenience, a little bit of enemies-to-lovers, some fun piracy and a focus on history that you probably didn't learn about in school. An excellent end to summer romance bingo!
Content warnings: sexual assault (in the past, but discussed, though not in detail), segregation/Jim Crow, attempted murder of a character.
(2020 summer romance bingo: I'm on a boat. Would work for set on island, secret identity, and maybe bootleggers.)
The history of Cuba and american race relations was interesting. The story was not terribly compelling and the sex was pretty badly written. The family relationships were humourous and engaging (and twilight-style rich family fantasy) I laughed.
