Carried Away

by Kate Donovan

His ship, his rules…The Happily Ever After Company, Book 2Russell Braddock, founder of The Happily Ever After Company, always hopes his matches will result in flying sparks. But in this case they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821767801
• ISBN13: 9780821767801
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

#2 of the HAPPILY EVER AFTER SAGA - PIRATE STYLE

Oh yeah! mama-in-law wants to marry off the father of her grandchildren so that she can return to Salem and have her friends around her and a social life. Abigail Lindstrom dearly loves Polly and her twin brothers. But she is fed up with sand, storms and isolation. Captain Daniel McCullum, just turning 30, wants to keep his children safe and feels that Crescent Island is the place to raise them. Erica Lane dearly wants to see the governess married to give her a bit of happiness after losing her family 8 years ago. Sarah is nanny to Jack Ryerson's two younger sisters. He also uses Sarah to entertain Erica when he wants to work his financial wizardry. He wants to be left alone. He is also engaged to Erica. Boy, does that cause problems and helps Erica get up to some mischief. Erica sends a letter off to Russell Braddock of "Happily Ever After", a marriage broker in search for the perfect mate for Sarah. Sarah refuses - Jack wants her gone - So she decides to look into this Captain McCullum to see if he really will suit Sarah. Right from the start Daniel wants her gone but still flirts with her - very dangerous as Erica is romantically inclined. So much so, she is toying with the idea of letting Daniel seduce her. Trouble is Erica falls in love with the children and wants to bring about some changes in their behavior. Polly is too precocious and the boys can't swim. She sees danger in both areas. Then there is Sean Lynch, Daniel's first mate on the "Moon Rigger". It is interesting how Daniel got the "Moon Rigger". She decides to help Sean make up his mind about marriage. Well one thing leads to another - Jack does not come to Erica's romantic rescue - she gets nosy and wants to know about passion - And decides the Captain should teach her - then it becomes "just one more time" most of the way home. Ha! that's what is called a "hussy" or a mistress. Ah well, Jack! you lose. Erica talks Daniel into letting Polly accompany them to Salem. Ouch! Polly disappears and is presumed dead. Daniel almost does not want to live. Erica reminds Daniel of the boys. Daniel feels dead inside, so he sends Erica home to Jack and Boston. Look for Jack's story in FOOL ME TWICE #5 and Noelle's coming up next in MEANT TO BE #3 Definitely Recommended --M - another good saga - enjoy!

Delightful romance caper with a sassy heroine & a sexy hero!

Erica Lane was engaged to the perfect man, even if he was a little boring and unromantic. Jack loved to work and when he ask Erica to marry him and she accepted, he believed his courting days were over. Jack's younger sisters had a governess Sarah and Erica believed everyone should be in love like her so she wrote Happily Ever After Co. to find Sarah a groom. When she received a letter back with the perfect mate, she tells Sarah what she has done but Sarah doesn't want to leave Boston. Captain Daniel McCullum was a widower in the Caribbean and his mother-in-law had written to find a new mother for his 3 children. He is happy with his life since his wife's death during childbirth but his busy body mother-in-law wants to return to Salem instead of raising his children. Erica decided after Jack pushed her away again, to work on his ledgers that she would add a little spice to their romance, she packed her bags to go check out Daniel McCullum for Sarah. She leaves a letter for Jack hoping he will jump on a ship and sail to her for a romantic reunion.When she meets the children she falls in love, when she meets their father she falls in lust. She believes she is still very much in love with Jack. To Daniel she is the most intriguing and beautiful woman he has ever met.I picked this book up in the evening think to only read an hour or two......at 2:30 AM I closed it! It was wonderful. I loved Erica with her zesty for life and Daniel for his willingness to play her games. I can just she the sailing off into the sunset. This book is on the keeper shelf. Debbie Gilbert

A wonderful diversion-- highly recommended

In 1866, marriage broker Russell Braddock arranges his riskiest match yet when he pairs the adventuresome governess with a widowed sea captain with three young children. CARRIED AWAY is the second book of the Happily Ever After Co. miniseries.Jack Ryerson absolutely bores his fiancée, Erica Lane. While he dwells on investments, Erica fails to convince him to peruse less cerebral matters. How she wishes she could see Jack passionate, obsessed, aroused. But then, her father always said she had a worrisome tendency to get carried away. Nevertheless, when the governess decides to decline the marriage broker's offer regarding the sea captain, Erica decides to take her place. She intends to simply find a husband for Sara, planning to return to Jack by summer's end. Perhaps Jack will be stricken with jealousy and will come racing after her, and carry her back to Boston for an immediate wedding. Then again, maybe not.Captain Daniel McCullum and his first mate have made a pact to protect one another from scheming females. Daniel believes his first wife only caught him because she caught him by surprise. And while his marriage was a bittersweet blessing, especially since he now has three children, he never intends to marry again, despite his mother-in-law's objectives. Of course, he doesn't know just far his mother-in-law will go to escape the island and return to her friends in Salem, and he especially doesn't know about her letter to the marriage broker. Daniel proves to a rogue, but one who loves his children deeply, and finds Erica very attractive. Indeed, Daniel fills Erica's ideas of romance splendidly, if only she weren't already engaged to another man. Erica's mix of innocence and sensuality drive Daniel wild, but somehow he must persuade her to quite matchmaking for Sara.CARRIED AWAY is a delightful romp filled with romance and sensuality. With the bit of the madcap blended into Erica's personality and the rogue blending into Daniel, the two provide humorous, and at times risqué fun. Further, Erica's playfulness and romanticism, though a bit whimsical, is quite engaging. What a wonderful diversion when life seems much too serious! Very highly recommended.