The Retaliator by Rowan Ashwell

Description

Margaret Thorne has been raised to understand her future: marry the man chosen for her, obey the rules of respectable society, and accept a life negotiated by other people. Then pirates attack her father’s ship, and Captain Kieran gives her something no one else has offered: a choice.

Kieran is the formidable captain of The Retaliator, a man whose reputation is as carefully guarded as the secrets of his past. Brilliant, dangerous, sharp-tongued, and deeply private, he has built his life around remaining beyond anyone else’s control.

Margaret, meanwhile, refuses to remain anyone’s possession. As she begins uncovering the truth behind her intended husband’s fortune, her father’s influence, and the women concealed behind legal and social restraints, she transforms from runaway bride into an unwilling witness and determined fighter for her own freedom.

As old betrayals resurface and enemies close in, Margaret and Kieran are forced to confront the things they have spent their lives hiding. Their growing attraction becomes inseparable from a larger question: what does it really mean to belong to yourself?

The Retaliator is a standalone LGBTQ+ historical pirate romance combining high-seas adventure with a slow-burning love story. Its trans male hero, courageous heroine, found-family themes, dangerous secrets, and hard-won happily-ever-after make it a swashbuckling romance with plenty of emotional treasure beneath the deck.

Book Details

• Title: The Retaliator
• Author: Rowan Ashwell
• ISBN: 197219724X
• Format: Paperback
• Genre: LGBTQ+ Historical Romance
• Setting: Historical / High Seas
• Features: Trans male hero, pirate adventure, slow-burn romance, found family, forbidden freedom, secrets and betrayal, happily-ever-after
• Series: Standalone