TY - BOOK AU - Laurens,Stephanie TI - The daredevil snared T2 - Adventurers quartet SN - 9780778319641 PY - 2016///] CY - Don Mills, Ontario PB - Mira Books KW - Ship captains KW - Fiction KW - Kidnapping KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Freetown (Sierra Leone) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Sierra Leone KW - Romance fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction N2 - Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously. Seizing the next leg of the covert mission his brothers are pursuing, he acts decisively and effectively in securing the mission's objectives. But responsibility has taken root, and he remains in the jungle to ensure the mission's ultimate goal. Katherine Fortescue fled a life of poverty and came to Freetown as a governess, only to be kidnapped and forced to oversee the child workforce at a mine. Guarded by well-armed, well-trained mercenaries, the captives have lost all hope of escape. Then Katherine meets a handsome man--and he brings the sweet promise of rescue. The sadistic mercenary who runs the mine has other plans, but Caleb's true strength lies in extracting advantage from adversity, and through the clashes that follow, he becomes the leader he was always destined to be. The sort of man Katherine can trust with her body, with her life. With her love ER -