Stolen Away

By Gabriella Mahoney

Amelia Manning refuses to follow her family's wishes by getting into yet another loveless marriage. The death of her husband has left her a wealthy widow and she intends to experience more in life than just a drawing room.

Bound for the Americas, her ship gets hijacked by the dashing privateer, Christopher Barrett. Amelia may finally get her chance to experience all the passion her marriage of convenience had been missing...

This short, sexy high seas adventure is approximately 5,000 words long.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gabriella Mahoney
• Release date: Feb 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466172562

Gabriella Mahoney

Gabriella Mahoney is a California girl that has been writing since grade school. As an incurable bookworm, she remembers when her best friend first introduced her to Georgette Heyer and the world of Regency romance like it was yesterday. Gabriella likes to write in a variety of genres but she is especially fond of short form fiction and exploring the new romantic possibilities it creates.

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Stolen Away

By Gabriella Mahoney

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Published by Gabriella Mahoney at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Gabriella Mahoney

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Amelia Manning did not cry when her husband died. Her eyes remained steadfastly dry as they lowered him into the ground. And her composure was admirably calm when she greeted the guests attending the gathering at her house following the funeral.

Most supposed it to be shock. Poor Mrs. Manning had only been married a mere four years and now to be left without a man at such a young age! It was really no wonder why she couldn’t cry. The truth just hadn’t sunk in yet.

However, if anyone had bothered to ask Amelia, she would have told them that she hadn’t loved her late husband. She had been saddened that he had passed. But no more sad than she would have felt over a distant acquaintance meeting an untimely demise.

Because a distant acquaintance was all Charles Manning had