THE WORLD CALLED HIM A RENEGADE... SHE CALLED HIM "MY LOVE" Catherine LeClerc had been rescued from peril in a Madagascar port by Danton Cristobal, King of the Pirates. She soon learned his story—that he was a Spanish Marquis stripped of his title, unfairly banished from his homeland, and sailing the seven seas on a quest to regain his honor. No humor lightened his handsome face, no happiness lit his silver-gray eyes. Everything about him was dark, deliberate, and dangerous. Except, Catherine suspected, the hidden kindness which led him to save her life and that of her child. Now, ensconced at his retreat on the exotic Isle of the Lost Souls, the beautiful young widow wondered at the twist of fate that had brought her together with an aristocrat-turned-buccaneer...to share his destiny, and to discover paradise in his arms. Though the world quaked at Danton's name, Catherine sensed the goodness at war with his inner demons. She believed in him, yearned for him, and vowed to turn this hell-bent pirate around—with the radiant power of her love.
Author
Stef Ann Holm was born in Southern California near Hollywood. With the fantasy worlds of Disneyland and Universal Studios at her doorstep, her imagination was stimulated at an early age. She attended Chatsworth High where Kevin Spacey, Mare Winningham and Val Kilmer entertained on the school's stage. As a semester elective, Stef Ann enrolled in drama and played a Fandango hostess in the chorus of Sweet Charity. It was the beginning and the end of her acting and singing career. She got a "C" in Drama and an "A" in Creative Writing. She sold her first romance in 1987. While waiting for a load of laundry to complete at the laundromat, Stef Ann made up the name for her heroine, Camry, when she saw a Toyota Camry parked outside in the lot. Who knew that model would end up being so popular, making her in-depth research seem so shallow. Stef Ann has had twenty-three novels and one novella published. Her editor calls her contemporary romances, "Slices of life stories about real people." Stef Ann lives in Boise, Idaho with her husband, extended family and beloved Beagle.
