The Lady and Her Pirate Duke by Jilian Rouge

Georgie: If she had to paint a canvas of a future she envisioned for herself, Lady Georgina Montagu, aka Georgie, would color herself at the height of her career as an artist. And next to her, a man who loves her madly along with a child or two to make her circle of love complete. However, as a young debutante in 1830s England, she is cruelly cheated out of that pretty picture, and by her childhood friend, Rafe Griffiths no less! Mix in an unforgivable betrayal, and her hope for a picture-perfect future vanishes overnight.

Rafe: If betraying a friend whom he quickly fell for wasn’t enough, Rafe soon falls into hardship which sets him far out of Georgie’s reach and off of England’s shores. Four years later, he is dubbed a “pirate captain” in the employ of the British navy and is finally ready to come home and reclaim his bride. His homecoming shocks everyone as well as himself as he has risen in the ranks as the newest Duke of Lyonscar!

But is love enough? Georgie, however, is ready to move on with her life without Rafe, while Rafe is deadly determined to keep her at his side. Yet Georgie cannot simply deny the wild passion that simmers between them still, swirling all the hues of doubt in her mind when it comes to her prodigal husband. Matching her for stubborn wit, Rafe plans on pillaging on those doubts of hers, ready to take on the fight of his life to win
her back.