The Captain

by Lynn Collum

If Andrew Morrow knows anything, it's his own mind. He has no intention of following through on an arranged marriage to merchant's daughter Jacinda Blanchett - especially when he loves another. He'll... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821778331
• ISBN13: 9780821778333
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great story

I really enjoyed this book because I liked the change of pace for the story line. I loved the Captain's personality and Jacinda's as well. Mystery, murder, romance, this one has it all!

Page- turning mystery

This is an action packed adventure with a murder mystery that keeps you guessing. When Jacinda Blanchett's father is murdered, she is taken into hiding by a trusted family servant. But life gives her several more knocks until she is left the sole guardian of her servant's nephew. By the time she remeets her "betrothed" who abandoned his 12 year-old future mate, he too has grown from impetious young man into a responsible ship's captain determined to right his youthful bad behavior. But Jacinda has spent the last eight years thinking Drew and his father were murders. Her world is turned upside down when she finds that all her theories are challenged by the man she saves from impressment. I highly recommend this story. Lynn Collum has penned an exciting story with all the great elements of romance. Action, adventure, masquerades, murder and finding true love.

Don't judge a book by its cover

At age twelve, Jacinda Blanchett is betrothed to Andrew Morrow. At the time, Andrew is a mannerless teenager, in love with another girl. Jacinda's fate takes a terrible turn when her father is murdered--and someone is out to murder Jacinda too! Subsequently, she goes into hiding for 8 years. Since then, Jacinda has been living her life as "Jack," a young boy taking hard jobs. These days, Jacinda's not the delicate little flower she used to be. When circumstances land her in the company of Andrew Morrow (now Captain Morrow) once again, she doesn't know whether to accuse him of her father's murder... or fall in love with him. "The Captain" is a very enjoyable story. It's full of adventure, especially at the beginning. There's also the murder mystery to solve. Strong and level-headed, Jacinda was a refreshing heroine. I really cared about the characters. However, when I picked up the book, I was expecting something else. The ship on the cover made me think it was going to be a sweeping epic taking place on a ship. And the back cover boasts "still waters, stormy passions," which made me think it was going to be a little spicier than the average Regency, but that's not the case. "The Captain" is a very chaiste book, with little or no romantic tension for the first two thirds. However, I liked it much, much better for what it was.