Recent Reads {Surrender the Dawn}

Surrender the Dawn by MaryLu Tyndall - The final book in the Surrender to Destiny series focuses on Cassandra Channing and Luke Heaton, who previously served on Noah Brenin's ship (in Surrender the Heart, the first book).  Heaton has a reputation as a gambler and drunkard, but has hopes of fitting up his ship as a privateer in order to support himself and his younger brother.  Cassandra's father and brothers are gone, leaving her to support her mother and younger sisters.  She wants to invest in a privateer with the last of her family's savings, but no one will accept a woman as an investor.  The two have a passing acquaintance, since Cassandra is close to Noah Brenin's wife Marianne, so they enter into the business agreement together, and the venture is off to a great beginning - and they are both finding themselves attracted to each other.  There is, of course, a suitor for Cassandra who is devious and manipulative, especially when Cassandra is uninterested in him.  He makes trouble for Heaton, and Heaton's second voyage runs to bad luck, and Heaton is left with few options other than deception and betrayal.  The climax of the story is the bombing of Fort McHenry, and naturally there is a happy ending.   Fluffy, far-fetched at times, but nonetheless fairly enjoyable reading.

By the same author:  Surrender the Night, Surrender the Heart, The Falcon and the Sparrow, Charles Towne Belle Series (The Red Siren, The Blue Enchantress, The Raven Saint), The Legacy of the King’s Pirates series (The Redemption, The Reliance, The Restitution)