Revised edition: Previously published as The Bastard, this edition of Honor Bound includes minor editorial revisions.
Lieutenant Crawford Treynor has fought valiantly for everything he has. The bastard child of a noblewoman, he was handed over as an infant to a poor farmer–and beaten so badly that he ran away at age fourteen. Now a respected officer, he vows to command his own frigate one day. There is no place in his life for a woman, especially one of noble birth. He has no love for the aristocracy…
After narrowly escaping the guillotine in the French Revolution, petite beauty Jeannette Boucher agrees to secure her family’s future by marrying a wealthy English baron. But when she learns what her impotent husband has planned in order to produce an heir, she escapes on their wedding night, stowing away aboard Lieutenant Treynor’s ship. Once she’s discovered, the handsome, duty-bound lieutenant is tempted enough by her beauty and spirit to go against everything he believed he’d ever do–and soon he must decide between returning her to a husband he knows will abuse her, or risking everything to keep her all to himself.
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Sexual Content - 3/5
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Violence - 3/5
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Language - 3/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 3/5
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Summary
From: Carol Pennington
Book Title: Honor Bound
Book Author: Brenda Novak
What do you like about this book:
Jeannette is determined to marry a man who is older than her father in order to make things better for her family. She doesn’t love the Baron, but few marry for love during the Regency period. Upon retiring to her room to prepare for her wedding night, her brother reveals the evil plans her new husband has in store for her. Out of desperation she fleas. Dressed as a young boy, she joins Her Majesty’s Navy in order to get to London undetected. It isn’t long before she is found out and plans are laid to return her to her husband.
This book is set in the Regency Period, but it is not your typical Regency romance. There is a lot of adventure in this book and it has a lot of humor as well. There is quite a bit of cursing within the story, several references to drinking alcohol and a fair amount of violence. There is also a fair amount of sexually related content and innuendos. For these reasons, I would only recommend this book for the mature adult reader.
Your ratings of the level of sex, violence, language and drug/alcohol use on a scale of 1-5.
Sex:3
Violence:3
Language:3
Drug/Alcohol use:3