Loves' Conqueror

by Renee Hand

Miranda Mayne, the daughter of a notorious pirate, spent most of her life in the hustle and bustle of London society, though her true love was always the sea. Promising her father she will stay away from the life that killed her mother, Miranda accepts the marriage proposal of a man she thinks she can trust--only to discover that his true intentions are to secretly capture her father. Trapped between loyalty and deceit, Miranda's heart falls prey for her true match only to find that he is out of her reach. Will she lose everything she holds dear or can she save her father, find true love, and most of all...find herself before reality prevails?

Genres: Romance

374 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2015

About the author

Renee Hand is a multi award-winning author and requested speaker on the topic of using fun fiction to teach science, geography and history. Let her show librarians, educators, and parents how using her books can not only challenge readers and the way they think about problems in real life, but she creates high interest topics that suck the reader into her stories encouraging them into wanting to know more about the settings, science, history, culture and people. Skills like reading comprehension, reasoning, deduction and observation come together in a myriad of ways.

In her Crypto-Caper Series children get to solve puzzles and cryptograms that are woven strategically inside of the story for the reader to find and solve inside of the books. Each book provides the reader with what they will need to solve the case, providing them with the knowledge and new skills that will help them succeed.

In her Joe-Joe Nut Series, Renee expertly combines the love of a good mystery with science using the topics of animal tracks, rocks and minerals, as well as weathering, erosion, and art. These books can supplement a curriculum in any classroom. The books also contain extra information like experiments, terminology of the topic, charts, and much more. All books are interactive and fun.

Renee is a maverick in writing children's interactive mysteries, combining elements while teaching children to believe in themselves and providing confidence to handle life's challenges. Contact her today to participate in your event.

Reviews

[Kathleen Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loves’ Conqueror by Renee Hand is a swashbuckling adventure sure to keep you entertained. Ms. Hand’s well-developed characters, easy to like and to hate in some cases, make you want to board ship and sail with them from England to the Caribbean and back. I especially like that Ms. Hand started the book with a prologue to give the reader background history before jumping into the story. The heroine, Miranda Mayne, is a beautiful, brave, and sometimes petulant young woman raised by a surrogate father, who does his best to keep her on the straight and narrow, while her real father continues his escapades as a cavalier pirate. The greed of one of the queen’s men pulls Miranda into a mystery that threatens the lives of her friends and family. One can’t have a true pirate story without hidden treasures and handsome men and Loves’ Conqueror is no exception. Twists and turns keep the tale moving until the very end.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loves' Conqueror is a swashbuckling Pirate with a heart of gold love story. I love a good Pirate romance. The main characters are Locand and Miranda. Locand is a Pirate and Miranda is the daughter of one. Miranda is of marrying age and accepts a proposal to a man she thinks her father would chose for her. She quickly sees the error of her ways as he is not quite as he appears to be. What follows is a fun and suspenseful story of adventure that only a pirate can provide. My only displeasure with the book was the sometimes seemingly long rambling of the characters as well as some lengthy descriptions that seemed to be unnecessary. All in all I enjoyed this book and will be looking closer at her other works.

"I received this book in exchange for an honest review."

[Maggie Hesseling · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had a lot of issues with this novel. The one thing I really liked was the story line. However, it went on slightly too long. Also, I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing style. There were sections I was sighing with frustration as the novel has really fast sections to it, and then slows down to an aggravating speed.

[Rickus Bookshelf · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not connect with this book at all. It sounded like an amazing adventure when reading the blurb, but the actual story was flat and long-winded.

[Sally Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miranda accepted Lord Hammil's proposal for marriage in an attempt to use him to taking her to an island where she could find her missing father. The real question which must be answered is who is playing whom? In a wonderfully mastered game of backstabbing and deceit, this book will keep you turning pages. This story is a hot sexy swashbuckling good time filled with love, lies, and dangerous pasts which keep causing trouble.
I only have a couple of complaints about this novel, first Miranda spent the whole book learning about sword fighting I would much rather have had a sword dual at the end instead of a single shot this ending was kind of anticlimactic after all of the build-up. Second there was a group of characters added at the end with extensive backgrounds, while I agree these characters are important to the plot they were not developed enough throughout the book and they seemed like an afterthought to tie up loose ends, but they only added more questions. Those issues aside I would still highly recommend this book to anyone who likes romance, adventure, and pirates.

[Victoria Spradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love historical romances especially when they involve London balls and pirates! This book was a slow start for me. But by chapter 5 I was properly hooked and couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen to the characters. The book easily could have ended at chapter 23 but I am glad that it did not! The final 2 chapters of this story were almost like a mini novel inside of the book. If you like historical romances the I think you will enjoy this read just try to make it past the first 5 chapters and you won’t regret it.

[Danielle Sanchez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Copy provided for an honest review

This was my first period novel and also my first read about pirates and high sea adventures. There were some slow points, but all in all I really enjoyed the twists and turns and the love story. There were several layers that kept revealing themselves and there were times you thought you knew what was going on, then the author flips things around to keep you guessing.

I lived Locand and Miranda, the supporting characters were also well developed and the ride was fun.