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Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini.
The protagonist is the sharp-witted Dr. Peter Blood, a fictional Irish physician who had had a wide-ranging career as a soldier and sailor (including a commission as a captain under the Dutch admiral De Ruyter) before settling down to practice medicine in the town of Bridgwater in Somerset.
The book opens with him attending to his geraniums while the town prepares to fight for the Duke of Monmouth....
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Attorney Stone Barrington's life takes an unexpected turn when he travels to a Caribbean island for a yachting vacation only to become involved in the murder trial of Allison Manning, a woman who set sail from the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband and arrived in St. Marks without him.
3) Oroonoko
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After learning how to fight at a young age, Oroonoko, an African prince, fights alongside his army against invading forces. When a celebrated general saves Oroonoko's life, trading his own to take an arrow for Oroonoko, the young prince feels indebted to the man and decides to go pay his respects to the late general's family. There, he meets Imoinda, the daughter of the general. Oroonoko and Imoinda quickly fall in love and become betrothed, but the...
4) Escapade
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HQN Books
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2018.
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English
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Passion blooms between business rivals in this alluring tale from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer
When her father dies, heiress Amanda Todd inherits a nearly bankrupt newspaper that she's determined to bring back from the dead. But controlling interest lies with mysterious millionaire Joshua Lawson, a man even more stubborn than he is handsome. So she heads off to Josh's Caribbean estate to show him how she can save the failing business....
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HarperCollins
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[2012]
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English
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In the fifth installment of master storyteller William Dietrichs bestselling adventure series, the swashbuckling, battle-scarred hero Ethan Gage must race from the slopes of the Alps to the sultry tropics of the Caribbean to pursue a mysterious Spanish treasure as the fate of Englandand of the worlds first successful slave revolthang desperately in the balance. The Emerald Storm is the action-packed historical masterpiece that Ethan Gage fans have...
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HarperCollins
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[2004]
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As Jane Marple sat basking in the tropical sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Then a question was put to her by a stranger: 'Would you like to see a picture of a murderer?' Before she has a chance to answer, the man vanishes, only to be found dead the next day. The mysteries abound: Where is the picture? Why is the hotelier prone to nightmares? Why doesn't...
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Open Road Distribution
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2015.
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"Seeking rejuvenation and rest, six very different people converge at a lush Caribbean spa on the island of St. Christoph and find more than they had bargained for: mystery, intrigue, and romance. Successful and single journalist Joyce Redmond, who is on assignment to root out the nitty gritty on the other guests, has been so busy working on her career that she has forgotten to work on her life. Cliff Eastman, the romantic over-the-hill movie star...
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ePublishing Works!
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[2021]
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From the High Seas to the English and Spanish courts, two enemies test the bounds of passion, love, and truth in Shirlee Busbee's The Spanish Rose.
-Caribbean High Seas, 1664-
Gabriel Lancaster is her family's bitterest enemy...and now he stands before her, his magnificent body in chains, captured by her brother. But the moment Maria Delgato's triumphant gaze reaches Gabriel's burning emerald eyes, a new war ignites.
From lush Caribbean estates...
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Harlequin
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[2019]
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English
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"Welcome to the Caribbean's secret playground for the rich and famous Where your wickedest sexy deeds are almost a secret... On a tiny tropical island teeming with the rich and famous, Nicola Metcalfe is an unrecognizable nobody. Which is just about perfect . Her life in LA-including her teaching career and the sleazy tabloid scandal that capsized it-has been replaced by sun-kissed beaches, deep blue waters and a new job as a scuba instructor. Hell,...
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ePublishing Works!
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[2019]
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Revenge, Love, and the Struggle of a Fledgling Nation Collide in The Captain's Lady by Jo Goodman -- Circa 1812, Island of Tortola; Washington -- It's revenge that Alex Danty seeks after British Naval officer, Captain Travers, brings terror and murder to her Caribbean island home. Gravely injured protecting her loved ones, she's rescued by an American ship's crew. Devastated by the loss of her loved ones, Alex swears an oath to find and kill Travers....
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