Wild Serenade

Wild Pedigrue #2

by Lisa Bingham

With a special blend of humor and sensuality, the second novel of the Wild trilogy pairs a prim governess with a roguish sea captain and plunges them into a perilous situation awash with desire.

Though she has no experience, Patience Pedigrue is certain she can be a good governess: she knows Latin, she is very neat, and she is extremely proper. So, when she arrives at Miss Bodrill’s School for Young Ladies to meet her new charge, nine-year-old Emaline Dalton, she is shocked to find a screaming, wild-eyed urchin who looks as though she’s never had a bath.

It turns out that Emaline was raised by a primitive tribe after being lost in a shipwreck, which Nantucket shipping magnate Captain Garrick Dalton neglected to tell Patience upon enlisting her services. Nor did he mention that a killer was stalking the child… But Captain Garrick is certain he has crafted a plan that will save Emaline’s life and it includes marrying Patience.

Even though she finds herself melting into the strong arms of the captain, it doesn’t take long for Patience to realize she is in double danger. With an unknown enemy coming closer and the threat of losing both the child and the man that have stolen her heart, she is unsure of her next step as time is running out.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical

311 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Lisa Bingham was thirteen when she decided she wanted to be a published author, and she reached that goal less than ten years later. Now Lisa is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romantic fiction novels. Lisa has also been a teacher and a professional theatrical and historical reenactment costume designer—she’s considered an expert in those fields. She has been lucky enough to live and study in such exotic locales as Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Currently she lives in rural northern Utah near her husband’s fourth-generation family farm. She is married to her sweetheart of twenty-two years and has three beautiful children, an over-protective dog, a burr-laden cat, and a miniature goat who thinks she’s a puppy.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid 3.7. I would have rated it a little higher if Dalton had been characterized a bit better, and if not for the pacing of the first part. Overall, however, it was enjoyable and engaging to read, which is what a good book ought to be.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wild Serenade by Lisa Bingham – Patience thinks herself well qualified to turn a little girl into a lady. She may be in over her head with the little wildling in her care…not to mention Emaline’s father! Happy Reading!