A Pirate of Her Own

Sea Wolves #2

by Kinley MacGregor

alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780061087110

Few know Morgan Drake's true name—but many fear the Sea Wolf, the scourge of the ocean, a fearless pirate who frees impressed American sailors from British vessels. Now a beautiful reporter is willing to risk her life, her innocence, and her heart to reveal the secrets that Morgan is determined to protect at any cost . . .

A headstrong and courageous young woman in a man's world, Serenity James knows she is barely tolerated in her father's newspaper office. An exclusive story about the dreaded Sea Wolf, however, will earn her the respect she so fervently desires. But she never expected to be kidnapped by the sexy and dangerous brigand whose bold exploits have fired her imagination—or to discover the adventure she's always longed for in Morgan Drake's passionate caress.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Pirates, Historical Fiction, Adult, Fiction

307 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 3, 1999

About the author

Sherrilyn McQueen
aka
Sherrilyn Kenyon & Kinley MacGregor

Reviews

[Jenn (The Book Refuge) · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Crystal's Bookish Life · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Leo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nope not a book for me. Sadly very few pirates books seem to be working for me

[Justin Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

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A witty, sharply written high sea escapade that is heavy on character and light on adventure; even though its simple plot can be oddly difficult to untangle at times, A Pirate of Her Own still manage to provide the superficial, sensationalist fun I was craving, thanks to the headstrong heroine, sincere hero, and the well established sexual tension.

Kinley MacGregor (AKA Sherrilyn Kenyon) has a flair for conjuring picture-perfect scene and biting banter, which manages to compensate for the shortcoming of A Pirate of Her Own's narrative: a revenge plot limping to its conclusion, a kooky third act conflict involving hastily-introduced new characters we don't care about, but perhaps the silliest of them all, the first 'plot twist' being spoiled by the book's own title and synopsis—the hero's pirate past isn't revealed until 1/3 into the book. The lack of clear understanding and articulation between 'privateer' and 'pirate' not only ruins the surprise, but also adds confusion to characters' action.

In the blurb on the back of the book, "He is the Sea Wolf, a dreaded pirate who stops English navy ships and free impressed American sailors." the word pirate should be replaced with privateer to make that statement conceptually correct.

Despite its problem-ridden narrative, and the uncertainty whether its screwball comedy quality is intentional or accidental, I still manage to find joy reading the simmering romantic relationship between Serenity (cringey name, and here sisters are Honor and Chastity...) and Morgan. A Pirate of Her Own might be the first 'so bad it's good' historical romance I've read thus far.

[Zeek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather simple but I enjoyed it. An idependent minded woman meets a pirate with a nobel heart and they...eventually... Live happily ever after.

Seriuosly, if you like these sorts of novels, and you suspend a good amount of belief, its a goodie. Not very anxty, a likable herione and sexy kind hero, oh and the end is rather annoyingly rushed, but completely romantic.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book... all the way until the end! I was so mad at the ending of this book!!

This was a fast moving book. Funny, enjoyable! But really the author should rewrite the end. It kinda ruined the high I felt from the rest of the book. :(

[Gary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only giving this 3 stars as it's not as good as the first one in the series but still glad to say I have read it

[ᑭᑌᑎƳᗩ [Punya Reviews...] · Rating 2 out of 5]

My review contains spoilers and they're mostly my thoughts as I went with the book. This one's got 2 parts.


This book is the story of Morgan Drake, who was Jack Rhys's friend and helped him in some of his voyages in Master of Seduction. Morgan was in British navy. Jack saved his life, which made him one of his close friends. I'm also confused about the time frame since it's says 1793 at the beginning, which starts with the report by Serenity. While inside the story, there are ample examples which proves that the story takes place 3 yrs after the 1st book and not 13 yrs. Also, it's not like the 1st one, which means, I'm still not hooked as MoS. I hate it when a book proves to be a drag for the most part of it, so I sincerely hope this one doesn't turn out to be one of those. I'll try to point out why I'm feeling this way.

Ok:

#1. The heroine, Serenity, for sure. I don't know what to think about her. She's got a hyperbolic imagination at the age of 24, which I find immensely annoying. I read about her fascination about the Sea Wolf and then find her doing/thinking things so TSTL that only a child would do/think, what am I supposed to do? But, she's not always TSTL. Sometimes she manages to say things that I actually enjoy, mostly the banters between Morgan (the Pirate captain) and her. But, overall she's confusing me to distraction.

#2. The hero, Morgan. He seems like a nice guy (for a Pirate), a gentleman but then I learn some distasteful information about his 'wenching around', which I found quite hard to believe. I mean really! I DON'T WANNA KNOW STUFF LIKE THAT ABOUT THE HERO, c'mon! Apart from that, I'm also vacillating about him.

#3. Jack Rhys aka Jake Dudley, the hero of Master of Seduction. I liked him so much in his book, in this one I find it hard to believe he has a scary countenance (then again, I probably shouldn't trust Serenity's judgement!) and he's so crass in his attitude. Stuffs he keeps saying to Morgan, I couldn't believe it's that same charming, funny, beautiful Pirate captain who enchanted me in Master of Seduction! With the change of his name from Jack to Jacob, which he did at the end of MoS (thx to Lorelei) has his personality also changed? Or, I just didn't see this side of him there? I don't know and I don't like it. :(

#4. The story itself. Kinda going over my head at the moment. I'm about halfway through but nothing really important happening. We know Serenity wants to become a reporter and works in her father's printing press, even though her father doesn't like it. She idolizes feminist writers like Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Mary Astell. Her father is an ill-tempered man, who is just not happy with his daughters, one Chastity who ran away with another man while Serenity has become a spinster. I don't know what he thinks about Honor, who it seems, is the beauty of the family. Serenity probably had her feminist ideas from her deceased mother. I would've thought she would be smart, with a sharp outlook on life and a wit to match with it. But, alas! As I already said, I'm disappointed in her. She wrote a piece (mostly imaginary with a little sprinkle of the real story) on this mysterious "Sea Wolf" who is also her hero, someone she craves in real life as well. This leads to all sorts of things, mostly stupid and Jake/Jack was able to abduct her at night and take her to Morgan's ship. Jake's thoughts on it was reasonable. Since that piece gave away information on the Sea Wolf or Morgan, a pirate hunter they know now onto them might abduct her and torture her for more information.

Morgan was also interested investigate the author because of the fact that the story includes too many info on him and meets Serenity, when she was alone in her father's office. He's immediately attracted to her, even though she's not his type (bleh!). And, all Serenity can do/doing so far is openly drooling on him, over him, all around him. Yah, that's right! He's so gorgeous, it's all she can do to keep her hands off of him and not jump onto his lap. It intensified (and fed her fantasies more) when she learned that this is the Sea Wolf she's so crazy about. Lord, why doesn't this happen to me?! I'm much better [read: more adept] than Serenity in the drooling business. :p

Serenity had a plan to take an interview of the man; for which she went out at the middle of the night and Jake, who was waiting, kidnapped her even before she was outta her front porch. *resigned sigh* Now that she's confined in the ship while it sails somewhere unknown (at least I don't know yet), she's determined more than ever to learn more about this man she likes to drool upon, goes all starry-eyed and shaky when he's near.

Morgan? Ah, that man's trying so hard not to bring out his 'main-mast' and show her some tricks. (I'm a bit scared about his tricks after learning some certain information!)

And me? I'm yawning a bit too much, which doesn't bode well for the book. :/


PS: I thought Kit's (Jake/Jack's adoptive son) eye-color was green and not light blue. Think I'm having a hangover! :/
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I'm disappointed. I had such hopes for this one; the beginning had the potentials but ultimately, the whole story turned out to be pretty mixed up. By this I mean the characters were just the way I've already mentioned til the end. I found Morgan likable but not quite fascinating. Serenity's leap from TSTL to non-TSTL to TSTL again made me insane. Jake/Jack also disappointed me and I've already explained why. The only time I liked him when he was talking about Lorelei.

The story had a lot of plot holes, mismatching information. One good example I've already given, the year's supposed to be 1783 and not 1793 (trust me, there are examples that indirectly give away clues). Another was the story about Morgan and Jack's first meeting. I thought Jack saved Morgan while he was running away from the British navy, where he was sold as a young boy by one of the villains in the novel, who was also responsible for Morgan's sister Penelope's death. But, here it's said that they met on the ship where Morgan was stationed and Jack was raiding it. Another one is, Jack's own past history. When Morgan tells Serenity about it, I thought he didn't know the correct information as was revealed in MoS. But, then in the later part of the book, in one of the scenes where Jack and Serenity talks, I was proven wrong and left really confused! Also have to mention, I had to do maths to figure out Morgan's age, I'm not even sure if I'm correct since there weren't a lot of clues to that whereas I knew Serenity was 24. But, I guess I should be happy since in MoS, I didn't have any clue to Lorelei and Jack's age. But, the story was interesting so it didn't really matter in the end.

The story goes on board of the ship and then in an island before Serenity took off thinking Morgan doesn't want her enough to stay on land. Morgan thought this is for the best since he can't raise a family on a ship. Also, we get to know more about Morgan's past; about his English father, who was a lord but left it all to marry a colonial lady. They both loved each-other very much. Morgan's sister had a very sad ending but I won't go into any details. I liked Morgan as a lovesick puppy but the book was lacking the liveliness I was hoping for after reading MoS.

But even among all these, I liked some of the secondary characters such as Barney and his old bird Pesty, Cookie and his son, Kit and the others. I liked reading about Jack and Lorelei's life, though I didn't read much on how their life's getting along, if they had any children later and so on. The last 2/3 chapters of the book I liked better than the rest, which was pretty dragging, confusing and boring. I really thought Morgan could've been an adorable hero and if Serenity didn't vacillate from TSTL to non-TSTL, it could've been a better book. In the end, I'll give it a 2.5 stars with a heavy heart. :/

PS: There is a note Morgan sends Serenity while they were on the ship. It was very sweet and beautiful. Had to mention it. :)

[Melann · Rating 3 out of 5]

On est sur du traditionnel sans originalité, vu et revu. Mais lecture facile et rapide.

[Nanou · Rating 3 out of 5]

bon c'était un peu mieux que le tome 1, mais l'histoire se clôture trop rapidement par rapport à toutes les mésaventures romantiques ^^

[Maura · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was great, until the end. Morgan Drake is a pirate and Serenity gets abducted after she prints something that hints she might know Morgan's true identity. They get stuck traveling the ocean together, lots of banter, plenty of chemistry. They visit friends. Serenity is lusting after Morgan but Morgan is trying to be honorable - after all, she can't travel with him and he's not willing to stay with her, so they simply can't be together. This is all wonderful and delightful to read. Then the last chapter. UGH! Blech! No! She disappears, makes it impossible for him to find her, has his son and never tells him. He shows up by chance where she's staying and discovers her little deception. Instead of being livid about being denied 9 months with his son or berating her for disappearing and not giving him a chance to be with her, he just sort of shrugs and agrees to stay and they live HEA. He wasn't abusive, he wasn't controlling - he had every right to know that he had a son. There was no justified reason to keep it from him. Her reasoning was that she didn't want to tie him down when he wanted to be on the sea. I would think that he should still have been told about the additional variable that is his son...because it very well might have changed his decision. And why disappear? Why not make yourself available so that if/when he changes his mind about staying ashore to be with you, he can find you! Ruined the book for me.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars!

I need more pirate stories. This was a good one.

[Elias Higbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes you just need a light read, and that's okay!

[Steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked Morgan. He was a great hero. I liked that he was flawed, not perfect. The interactions with Jack (from the last book) were great. I will just say that I HATED that Jack had changed his name. All the author had to say was that he had changed his name. That anyone bar his closest friends would now know him as Jacob/Jake Dudley. And when they were in public his friends should call him Jake. I would have gotten the picture. But it was everywhere. Even in peoples thoughts they now called him Jake. Even his wife called him the new name and they were in the safety of their own home. I just don't get how you can call someone the same name for like 10 years and then all of a sudden you can call him a new name, like the last name never even existed. Just didn't work for me at all.
Some of the sideline characters were great. Like Ukashi and Barney. But there wasn't much in the way of a story. I usually don't mind, if the romance is amazing, but it wasn't.
Now initially I liked Serenity (another crappy name IMO). But slowly and surely I liked her less and less as the book went on. I agree that Morgans actions were sometimes questionable, but he never intentionally did anything to hurt her...
******* A few spoilers ahead ***********
I thought that her treatment of Morgan at the end of this book was plain cruelty on her part. Most people tend to be on Serenity's side on this matter but all I wanted to do was slap her in the face. She leaves Morgan one morning and for 15 months he is searching for her. Feeling guilty and heartbroken. He had asked her to stay with him aboard the ship, almost begged and still she had refused. Some of his most trusted friends had lied to him (at her command), because she had put them in such an awkward position. They knew of her wherabouts the whole time as they watched Morgan fall apart without her. I was disgusted. Then when he finally catches up with her, she irritates me even more. She has kept a MASSIVE secret from him. One that she had no right to keep him out of. She says she wanted him to fight harder to find her, when all along she was hiding from him, making it impossible for him to find her without help.
Then to my complete horror, he accepts all the blame whilst feeling horribly guilty, when in my opinion he had done nothing anywhere near the magnitude of her deception. In that moment all my feelings changes. I was so happy he had found her. Now I hated her. I wanted Morgan to be so angry, to shout yell... ANYTHING. Then to turn and run in the opposite direction.
But he didn't.
Massive rant over lol. I did like the book but it just got me a little angry at times.

[Fae · Rating 3 out of 5]

unfortunately, i did not like this as much as i loved Master of Seduction.
there are a few reasons for that:
(1) the plot was moving too fast for my liking - Serenity fell in love with Morgan too early in the story when she barely knew him

(2) i couldn't find it in myself to really love Morgan, unlike the way i loved Jack, because Morgan is a more serious man who didn't do much to win Serenity's heart. Jack did, he flirted, was charming and had a tragic story which i felt bad for and could relate to. Morgan...his tragic story did not make me feel anything and i would have liked for him to be more communicative.

(3) the two of them literally pined for each other but did not want to tell each other their feelings which frustrated me a little because it felt like fillers in the middle until the end where they finally got together.

(4) Serenity and Morgan bickered, but their bickering did not feel as if they had chemistry. Jack's and Lorelei's bickering did.

(5) i disliked how Morgan acted at the end where he turned his back and let Serenity think he doesn't want her or something. he could have said something like 'i need to think'. he gets angry at her for not telling him about their child then says he cares about her. i felt he has messy emotions and actions. basically, i did not like Morgan much.

(6) while it was shown how Morgan suffered when he was apart from Serenity, it was not shown for Serenity how she suffered, her pregnancy and her life without Morgan.

(7) where's the epilogue about them getting married? what happened to Morgan's crew? who took over? the end was not wrapped up well.

despite all these reasons, i did somewhat enjoy the story and i especially loved seeing Jack in this, he's as charming as i remembered him. <3

[Darcys_Lesestuebchen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Serenity möchte Reporterin sein und über das schreiben, was sie möchte. Allerdings unterstützt ihr Vater, in dessen Zeitung sie arbeitet, ihre Träume nicht und hält sie klein. Da wird sie von der Crew des berüchtigten Seewolf alias Captain Morgan Drake entführt und fährt mit ihnen über die See. Aber das stört sie gar nicht so sehr, zumal Drake ein Geheimnis wahrt, das sie um jeden Preis aufdecken möchte.

Zum Buch:
"Pirat meiner Sehnsucht" von Kinley MacGregor ist der zweite Band der "Black Jack Rhys und Morgan Drake" Reihe, wovon allerdings nur Band zwei in Deutschland erschienen ist. Das Buch umfasst ca. 351 Seiten und ist als Taschenbuch in zwei verschiedenen Ausführungen erschienen. Kinley McGregor ist das Pseudonym von Sherrilyn Kenyon, von der die "Dark Hunter" Reihe bekannt sein sollte.

Meine Meinung:
Dieses Buch fiel mir zufällig in die Hände und schon der Klappentext reizte mich. Ich liebe Historical Romance, Piratengeschichten und dass es von einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsautorinnen ist, die hier unter einem Pseudonym schreibt, war das i-Tüpelchen. Dennoch lag es lange auf meinem SuB, bevor ich mich daran wagte.

Es ist nicht mein Buch, so viel steht fest und ehrlich gesagt bin ich immer noch ein wenig darüber erschrocken, dass es wirklich von Kenyon stammen soll. Man bemerkt ihren Stil durchaus in der Geschichte, aber ansonsten war es fürchterlich kitschig, langweilig und blumig. Zwar gab es durchaus ein paar interessante und spannende Stellen, aber es wurde auch viel Potenzial verschenkt, vor allem, bei der Revenge von Drake, die ich eigentlich recht spannend fand.

Aber reden wir erst einmal über das Cover, das mir nicht gefällt. Es passt gut zu der Geschichte und ich habe in der Hinsicht auch schon "schlimmeres" gesehen, aber mein Fall ist es nicht. Ich finde es recht kitschig und warum muss der Mann wieder halb nackt sein ? Zumal es mich auch etwas stört, dass die Haarfarbe der Frau überhaupt nicht zu der weiblichen Hauptperson passt.

Der Anfang und das Ende gefielen mir noch am besten. Man lernt Serenity und ihre gesellschaftlichen Stand kennen. Sie möchte eine Reporterin sein, die über die Themen schreibt, die sie interessant findet und die ihr nicht ihr Vater aufdrückt. Aber als Frau hat sie es 1793 nicht leicht und muss sich gegen viele Widerstände stemmen. Mir gefiel es, wie beharrlich sie blieb und sich gegen ihren Vater auflehnte, der versuchte, sie klein zu halten. Und auch die Entführung durch ein Mitglied von Morgans Crew fand ich spannend, aber danach wurde es leider immer langweiliger und klischeehafter.

Zuerst fand ich es noch interessant, da es einige Geheimnisse zu lüften gab und auch die Fehde von Morgan und Hayes reizte mich. Das bot wirklich viel Potenzial, aber nach dem guten Start drehte es sich viel im Kreis und eigentlich passierte gar nichts, abgesehen davon, wie verführerisch sich beide fanden und Serenity ein bisschen mit der Crew plauderte. Die meiste Zeit spielte die Geschichte auf dem Boot und das hätte richtig spannend sein können, da ich mir vor allem um die Zeit ein Leben auf dem Meer sehr gefährlich vorstelle. Zwar wurde dies auch ein wenig angeschnitten, versank dann aber wieder in den heißen Blicken, die sich Morgan und Serenity stets zuwarfen. Das hin und her zwischen ihnen fand ich nicht sinnlich, eher nervig. Und auch ihre Erotikszenen sprachen mich nicht an. Die wurden sehr, sehr blumig und absolut nicht sinnlich beschrieben. Wie schon geschrieben, ich bin weitaus besseres von der Autorin gewöhnt, auch in der Hinsicht.

Am enttäuschendsten war eigentlich immer noch die Fehde zwischen Morgan und Hayes, die einen sehr tragischen Anfang nahm und gerade deswegen so interessant und spannend war. Aber die Umsetzung und Auflösung fand ich mehr als dürftig. Das wurde so schnell abgehandelt, dass ich die Stelle nochmals las, weil ich nicht glauben konnte, dass es das nun war. Aber gut, die heißen Blicke von dem Liebespaar waren eben wichtiger. Und danach wurde es auch wieder schnell langweilig. Einzig das Ende bot noch einmal eine gewisse Dramatik, bei der ich auch mit fieberte, obwohl von vorne rein klar war, dass die beiden sich kriegen und glücklich werden. Aber dennoch las es sich spannend und da kamen auch endlich mal etwas Emotionen hoch, die ich zuvor vermisste hatte. Da konnte es mich endlich mal etwas wieder mitnehmen.

Die Charaktere waren recht flach gezeichnet, auch wenn MacGregor versuchte, ihnen durch ihre Lebensgeschichten etwas Tiefe zu verleihen. Das gelang ihr aber nicht wirklich und ich fand sie meistens recht unsympathisch. Vor allem Serenity und Morgan, die einfach keine spürbare Chemie besaßen.

Serenity wollte fortschrittlich und mutig sein, wirkte die meiste Zeit aber sehr kindisch und dumm. Tut mir Leid, aber ein besserer Begriff fällt mich nicht ein. Zwar gefiel es mir zunächst, wie sie um ihre Träume kämpfte, aber später fand ich sie irgendwie albern und anstrengend. Vor allem, wenn sie Morgan erblickte verwandelte sie sich entweder in eine tobende und rachsüchtige Furie oder hechelte ihm hinterher. Ich wusste nicht wirklich, was ich mit ihr anfangen sollte.

Da war Morgan durchaus besser, gradliniger, aber dennoch strotzte er vor zahlreichen Klischees und war natürlich unwiderstehlich. Mir gefiel es, dass er immer versuchte, alles für seine Crew zu geben, aber mir war sein Charakter zu flach gezeichnet, selbst für dieses Genre.

Von den anderen Charakteren gefiel mir eigentlich nur Cookie, da ich seine raue Schale, die durch Serenity nach und nach erweicht, echt gern hatte und auch seinen Sohn Court fand ich sympathisch. Jake, ihr Kidnapper, dagegen gefiel mir nicht, er war recht anstrengend und irgendwie gruselig.

Der Schreibstil enttäuschte mich dieses Mal leider sehr. Zwar blitzte zwischendurch die Autorin durch, die ich zu schätzen gelernt habe, aber ansonsten sprach der mich nicht an. Kitschig, blumig, langweilig und spannungsarm. Die meiste Zeit floss die Geschichte vor sich hin und bot keine wirkliche Rahmenhandlung.

Fazit:
So sehr ich die Bücher von Sherrilyn Kenyon liebe, so sehr hat mich ihr Pseudonym enttäuscht. Statt prickelnder Sinnlichkeit und einer spannenden Story, bekam ich viel Kitsch und Langeweile und obwohl die Geschichte viel Potenzial bot, machte MacGregor daraus fast nichts und ließ sich ihren Helden lieber heiße Blicke zuwerfen. Ich fand es echt schade, da ich auch weit aus besseres von ihr gewohnt bin. Allerdings gefielen mir der Anfang und das Ende, die waren interessant und spannend.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started out ok, but got worse. Not a fan of this overly simplistic style. The characters are very confused about lust vs love and I'm also not sure why the women formulated such a dumb plan to try and trick Morgan into marrying Serenity. Overall not my favorite.

[**Sognatrice di libri** · Rating 4 out of 5]

Storia avvincente ed emozionante che mi ha catturata sin dalla prima pagina.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, but the plot doesn't totally work for me. Of the two, "Master of Seduction" is better.

[Nessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I SIMPLY COULDN'T RESIST THE LURE OF A MACGREGOR STORY, AND ALONG WITH LISA KLEYPAS, SARAH MACLEAN & GAELEN FOLEY, THIS AUTHOR IS ONE OF MY GO-TO FOR HISTORICAL ROMANCES. ADD A PIRATE THEME INTO IT, IT'S A GUARANTEE ADVENTURE.

OF COURSE, NOT ALL PIRATE STORIES WILL HAVE THE SAME PLOT, SO BEAR THAT IN MIND. BY THE WAY, I READ THIS SERIES BACKWARDS...SO YEA...

OUR HERO is one of the most handsome pirate in the high seas but, he's not going to admit that he's the famous Sea Wolf and years ago, the infamous Marauder. Morgan has certainly aged since his own adventures as a lad, and he bears his cross of guilt and sins upon his broad shoulders. He didn't exactly have a fairytale family, and when his younger sister was kidnapped, he was driven to find out where she is. It doesn't bode well for him when he found Penelope sold to a bordello, and has contracted STDs of their time, and eventually dies. Despite his background, Morgan's a pretty honorable man and it is indicated several times in the story, even Serenity knew what kind of cloth this man was cut from. He married the woman scorned, carrying another's babe because he felt grateful for her taking care of his sick sister. As much as he tried to be a good husband, the call of the Sea was too strong, and off he goes again, even after his wife's death in childbirth. When Morgan encounters a published story that portrayed his life's story all too uncannily well, he heads to land and that's when he meets the author, Serenity James - a total spinster, spitfire and average beauty, a woman he wouldn't have been attracted to at all, yet his loins say differently. When Black Jack Rhys abducts the wench to ensure that she won't lead their enemy to their doorstep, they are both stuck with each other aboard his ship, and watch the sparks fly! Morgan has obviously never met a woman like Serenity, who challenges his at every turn. Life will certainly NEVER be boring.

OUR HEROINE inspires a counteract emotion from people around her, despite her name being Serenity. She provokes all the men in her life, and that doesn't exclude Captain Morgan Drake. When a handsome, dashing man who appears like the pirate in her fictional story, she assumed he was a birthday prank from her dear friend, yet when the misunderstanding was cleared, she pieces that he must be a pirate after all. Sneaking into the night, she planned to creep aboard his ship and interview him. Who knew Jack would save her the trouble and kidnapped her instead? As she spends more time aboard, learning about a sailor's life and of Morgan himself, she finds herself falling for him and getting seduced with each glance and kiss.

OVERALL I would say that the romance wasn't entirely convincing because they spent TOO MUCH time bickering and constantly at loggerheads with each other, but maybe that's just the way they roll. And if you ask me, any woman who manages to make the elusive Captain Morgan chase after her for more than a year like a madman, and gets him to propose marriage? She's a keeper.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Damn, I really don't know how to feel about this book. It's really more of a 3.5 for me. I enjoyed the beginning but the middle started to get a little to drag for me and the ending felt a little rushed and compact.

Serenity comes from Savannah and she aspires to be a writer. One of her articles happens to be about the Sea Wolf, AKA Morgan Drake unbeknosed to everyone. Upon his discovery of the article, he seeks her out. By doing so serenity assumes that he'd come due to a prank offered by one of her friends. Serenity attempts to dismiss him, but Morgan isn't through. Instead he chooses to follow her to a ball. At said ball, it is there that they both realize they had false assumptions about the other. Morgan's leave essentially helps serenity to realize who he truly is. So she decides to follow him but instead his kidnapped by Black Jack Rhys, or Jacob Dudley, and taken to Morgan's ship.

I have to say Morgan's views about what a woman should do was quite frustrating. I understand that for their relationship it was meant to be playful banter and him finding joy in her reactions. However I was thoroughly annoyed with those parts, and in my opinion when they finally realize their affection towards each other there weren't enough pages to truly savor the moment. They do part for a brief time towards the end, more than a year, and when Morgan is finally brought back to serenity he realizes she was with a child. I didn't particularly like the ending because it felt too rushed, in truth I don't think a man searching for his lover who instead finds her along with his child would be quick to resolve any confrontation with her.

The epilogue does offer a quick time jump, of 10 years, and although it's sweet it wasn't really adding to the story.

Favorite moments: Morgan being dumbstruck whenever Serenity fired back, Serenity conversing with Ushakii, cooling with Cookie and Court, Kristen plotting with Serenity and Stanley to make Morgan jealous causing and outburst, they night together before their separation, the return of Lorelei and Jack assisting Serenity with Nicholas.

[Dannie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I still can't believe Kinley MacGregor is the one and only Sherrilyn Kenyon.

As much as I loved the Dark Hunters series (okay, I haven't read them all) so I expected something similar quality-wise. I was sorely disappointed, I'm sorry to say. Even more, since that is the very first book of her I'm trying under that pen-name.

I thought the heroin was... childish and stupid. Morgan was a little better but if he's a pirate (or had been), well, I'm Queen Elizabeth. If you take, Kennit from the Robin Hobb's Liveship traders, now him, he's a real one. But Morgan? *chucckles* nope. No-where near. I would have seen him better as a Navy Captain à la Russell Crowe in Masters and Commanders.

As for the love story... erm. Well. Since Serenity is so... how could I put it nicely... stupid, one moment drooling on Morgan and pushing him away the next... Make up your mind girl! And him, way to decent to ravish her here and now shows an ocean of patience and restraint. Poor guy. You feel bad for him and that's probably what "saves" his characterization in the book and made me care for him.

I'm not totally sure where the author wanted to go with that story or what she was trying to say, as I'm sure there is an intent in every book to tell the readers something, but here, it honestly escapes me completely. Too bad, the story had potential. It didn't really made me want to pick up more from her under that pen name.

[Dollie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hadn’t read a romance novel in a while and Boy! Am I ever glad I picked this one up. This is the story of Miss Serenity James of Savannah, Georgia. Being a very forward-thinking woman in the late 1700’s, she works as a writer for her father’s newspaper. She’s considered a thinker and therefore, not a very suitable wife, so she remains single. She has a dream about a pirate and mixes it with some story she’s heard from her brother (who heard it from a sailor) about a man who sails the seas and frees impressed American sailors. She writes an article about this fictitious captain and before she knows it, a real captain appears in her office. Before she can find out who he is, she’s kidnapped and lands aboard his boat in the middle of the night. Sparks fly! They land on a tropical island where she realizes she is in love with this stubborn man, but is he in love with her? You’ll have to read the book to find out. I really liked this story with a very surprising ending. It was definitely hot. So, if you are looking for a book to make your blood run a little warmer, this is one for you.

[Lizzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Giving this one 3 stars out of generosity because I at least was entertained by it. HOWEVER, the writing, the plot, the dialogue...all of it was awful. And for a cheesey romance novel there were only two smutty scenes in it.
It was an easy, brainless read, and I often laughed out loud at how dumb the writing was. But I don't have high expectations for this genre. As long as I am mildly entertained, I'm good. I would have loved to have had more piratey goodness like sword fights and taverns and treasure. This was really just Morgan Drake and Serenity James having dumb arguments on a ship for a week and somehow being madly in love with each other.
This book managed to be both annoyingly feminist and annoyingly misogynistic at the same time.
Overall, I had a blast reading it because it required absolutely no thinking to be able to understand it. My two brain cells and I are doing great.

[Mimi · Rating 3 out of 5]

"A Pirate of Her Own" was a simple, fast-moving, lighthearted read for the most part. After a while, however, Serenity started to grate on my nerves. Her feelings towards Morgan were constantly vascillating; all too often I found her to be annoying and not terribly believable. Morgan appeared more consistent in his attitude towards Serenity. There was never any discernible tension building-up to a climatic denouement. Moreover, the final resolution between Serenity and Morgan was not credible and felt overly rushed. I didn't care for the ending.

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a very odd book to read. I love Sherrilyn Kenyon's writing (Kinley MacGregor is her pen name) but this book was missing her voice bad. It was kind of simplistic which isn't the author's normal writing style. The characters were not so interesting, and the story line was flat. This is the author's early writing, and written under another name. This could have been the problem all together. Or just maybe my expectations are high since I have read almost everything from this author, who knows.

[Toth Jo-Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to read. I really enjoy reading this authors book. She gets you attention from the beginning of the book. She brings to life the characters I really like Morgan Drake for he wasn't given choices in certain things to begin with. I love Serenity James. She's a dreamer. Kinley brings these two to life plus the rest of the characters on this story. Life in the late seventeen hundreds was not easy. The action, suspense and fun in it is great. I keep looking for more of her books for they are a joy to read. J

[Sherily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Next in the Sea Wolves series #2. I enjoyed this quick read. We have Captain Jack Black again in this series and he will have you LOL. Serenity is a hopeless romantic and a writer looking for an adventure and her "Hero". She is a tough independent woman. The Hero, Morgan Drake is easy to fall in love with. This was a very fast paced read. Quick action, quick romance and quick surprising ending.
An enjoyable Romantic Pirate novel.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a winner

I read a lot of romance and it genre that I love so much that I have a podcast about it! This book was such a breath of fresh air from the romance I've been reading lately. I loved how the heroine was strong willed and the hero respected that. I will be in search of her other books from now on and will be reviewing the book in depth on my podcast :Darcy Made Me Do It.

[Amber (Amber Reads Romance) · Rating 2 out of 5]

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This book took me a while to finish and it was pretty disappointing. The heroine was extremely annoying and she could not make up her mind. One minute she wanted him, the next she didn't.

Probably the most annoying part was her views on women. I felt like the author was shoving feminism down my throat and i don't want that in my historical romance.