Bøker av Amanda Sandton

A wounded young woman and a charismatic ship's captain.Does their love stand a chance? Eighteen-year old Meredith Roxley is on a long sea cruise from England to Australia and back via the Cape of Good Hope. She is attempting to escape from the clutches of Kempton, the man who preyed on her when she was in her early teens. During the first part of the voyage she met Captain Raphael Maynard, who took an interest in her, an interest which is far from platonic. Meredith has fallen in love with the Captain, but their relationship is threatened by her aunt's probable disapproval of their age difference, and Meredith's fear of sexual intimacy. Although the Captain knows nothing about Meredith's unfortunate past, he has to date been considerate and patient with her. At the end of Book 2 - "Perilous Seas" - the Captain and Meredith had overcome Merry's shame at running away from the Captain, and they are getting on well together. The Captain is now taking his time with Merry, coaching her in the art of love-making in the hope of freeing her from her psychological imprisonment. All is going well until the jealousy of a female passenger lets the cat out of the bag. Will the lovers be able to surmount the fall-out? And what about Tony? We last him walking off into an African market, just before a bomb went off. And poor wounded Albi. Will he recover and find a bird sanctuary willing to take him in and respect his nobility?

Meredith''s been abducted at Cape Town airport.The Captain and Merry continued with their romance, but fell out when they reached Cape Town because the Captain was trying to control her lifestyle and her friendships. Merry went ashore with Sukey to collect Kate from the airport, but the three girls were kidnapped on their way back to the ship.Who are the kidnappers and what do they want? Who''s going to rescue Merry now that she''s in the power of the kidnappers? Do the South African police have the will and the resources to pursue her case?Can the Captain come to her rescue? What can he do, tied as he is to his duty as Ship''s Master of the "MV Albion"?This is the story of a young woman coming to terms with her past and seeking the happiness all women deserve. Merry will find her Happy Ever After at the end of Safe Harbor at Last.This compilation includes: Taken at Riptide, Rogue Wave and Safe Harbor at Last. The first four books in the series, The Captain''s Girl, Perilous Seas, High and Dry and Deep Blue Sea are available in Love the Captain : 1. (The love scenes in this book make it suitable for 18+.)

Where there are Irish Travellers, there you''ll find their beautiful Gypsy Horses.Where there are Gypsy Horses, you''ll find handsome Dane McDeglin, the bare-knuckle champion of the north of England.But Rikki''s not a gypsy. She''s a settled girl living in an upmarket suburb of Manchester, in a house befitting her father''s social and financial standing as a top barrister. Years ago, she used to sneak over the fence to the illegal gypsy campsite next door. There she met Dane and joined his boys'' gang as an honorable member. She lost her child''s heart to him. All too soon the connection was broken, and she hasn''t seen him for years.Now, turning eighteen, Rikki goes on a school trip with the Pony Club to the world-famous Appleby Gypsy Horse Fair in the north of England. The fair is a meeting place for Irish Travellers and the Roma to trade and enjoy their beautiful vanner horses with their flowing manes and feathered hoofs.At the fair, Rikki and her best friend, Sasha, are set upon by a bunch of unruly ruffians, but all is not lost. Rikki''s childhood hero, Dane McDeglin, charges into their rescue. Dane is now over six-foot, devastatingly handsome with his Irish black hair and blue eyes, and a successful businessman to boot. Although Rikki recognizes him immediately, he''s merely helping out a couple of silly girls wandering about after dark.Rikki''s badly smitten - she always has been - and Dane seems to like her at first. But nothing has prepared Rikki for the way their past history rises up and sucker-punches what they feel for each other.(The love scenes make this book suitable for 18+.)

18-year-old Merry''s on the run. She''s put 3,000 miles between herself and Kempton, her one-time abuser, but he''s so obsessed with her, he''s followed her from Vermont to Oxford in England. Escaping his clutches again, she seeks refuge on a sea cruise to give her wealthy Aunt Clara the chance to have him dealt with. On board the "MV Albion", Merry meets a danger of a different kind: an attack on the protective cocoon she''s built around herself against her horror of sexual intimacy. The charismatic Captain Maynard, a man well-seasoned in the art of love-making, intrigues her. She finds herself falling for him. He''s a good teacher, and she wants to learn, but her past trauma threatens her chance to enjoy consensual sex.Meet the Captain and see what you think of him. Will you love him or hate him? Will he persevere and bring them both happiness, or will he decide Merry''s fear is too great a challenge even for him? And as for Kempton, will he manage to track Merry down again?This is the story of a young woman coming to terms with her past and seeking the happiness all women deserve.This compilation includes: The Captain''s Girl, Perilous Seas, High and Dry and Deep Blue Sea. The last three books in the series, Taken at Riptide, Rogue Wave and Safe Harbor at Last, are available in Love the Captain : 2, when Merry will find her Happy Ever After. (The love scenes in this book make it suitable for 18+.)