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    Mistress of Paradise (A Hawkins Brothers Novella)
    Mistress of Paradise (A Hawkins Brothers Novella)
    Mistress of Paradise (A Hawkins Brothers Novella)
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    Mistress of Paradise (A Hawkins Brothers Novella)

    By Alexandra Benedict

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    A dark and troubled soul, Captain James Hawkins seeks freedom from his tortured past as the infamous pirate, Black Hawk. But when he meets a seductive beauty on the island of Jamaica, he finds a passion greater than any foray at sea.

    Sassy, fierce and independent, Sophia Dawson knows her heart's desire - and it's the sexy brigand who tempts her with promises of pleasure. In his arms she finds erotic delight and respite from duty as her mad father's caretaker.

    But a storm lurks on the horizon as the couple's heated affair attracts scorn from the islanders. Will James and Sophia weather the brutal tempest ... or will there be trouble in paradise?

    ***Mistress of Paradise is the prequel to The Hawkins Brothers series. Don't miss the other books in the series: The Infamous Rogue, The Notorious Scoundrel, How to Seduce a Pirate and How to Steal a Pirate's Heart.***

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlexandra Benedict
    Release dateJan 13, 2015
    ISBN9781311409850
    Mistress of Paradise (A Hawkins Brothers Novella)
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    Alexandra Benedict

    Alexandra (AK) Benedict is a bestselling, award-winning writer of short stories, novels and scripts. Educated at Cambridge, Sussex and Clown School, Alexandra has been an indie-rock singer, an actor, an RLF Fellow and a composer for film and TV, as well as teaching and running the prestigious MA in Crime Thrillers at City University. She is now a full-time writer and creative coach.   As AK Benedict, she writes acclaimed short stories, high-concept novels and award-winning audio drama for Big Finish, Audible UK, Audible US and BBC Sounds among others. She won the Scribe Award for her Doctor Who radio drama, The Calendar Man, and was shortlisted for the eDunnit Novel Award for The Beauty of Murder and the BBC Audio Drama Podcast Award for Children of the Stones. Her Christmas mysteries, The Christmas Murder Game and Murder on the Christmas Express, were both bestsellers, and The Christmas Murder Game was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Alexandra lives on the south coast of England with writer Guy Adams, their daughter, Verity, and dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

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