Destiny's Captive

It turns out all I really needed this week was a pirate romance. Pilar and Noah were GREAT foils for each other while also being perfect for each other, and I just loved his whole family so much that I'm gonna need to read the books about the other sisters-in-law, particularly Billie. Also, baby jail for the toddlers! Love it.

This one was longer and more complex than most of the romances I've read lately, but it allowed for beautiful character development and quite a few subplots about the Spanish colonization of Cuba, Cuban rebellion, segregation in the southern U.S., and the business of being a woman in the 1800s, to name a few.

There's sex, of course, but it's not explicit most of the time; more of a setup then fade-to-black. And, you know, sword-fighting as foreplay, because pirate romance. :)

TW: pregnancy (healthy), rape of male character (off-page).