Piratical Bait and Switch
On LibraryThing there's a group called Early Reviewers. Every month books are listed, and you can request a chance to win as many of them as you want. Because I have no self control, I click on bunch of them.
Here is a description I clicked on a month or so ago:
You'll be swept away by this latest historical romance by bestselling author M. L. Tyndall. Faith Westcott is a lady by day and a pirate by night. Can she garner the riches she so desperately needs before her secret is revealed? Captain Dajon Waite is determined to catch the fiery redhead who has been pillaging the Carolina coast. When Faith invites his courtship, she hopes his infatuation will shield her true identity and keep other suitors at bay. Can the love of a godly captain win her heart, or will she be forced to marry Sir Wilhelm Carteret, a man obsessed with taking her to wife?
To be honest, I am not sure now exactly why I clicked it. Probably because I was (and am) enthusiastic about a crazy-ass moonlighting pirate story, even if it was a romance.
And then I ended up actually getting the book, and it arrived yesterday in the mail.
Here is the description on the back - you may notice an interesting difference in focus:
Faith Westcott abandoned her shallow faith when a series of tragedies struck her family. To save herself and her sisters from forced marriages, this fiery, born-to-the-manor redhead is a lady by day and a pirate by night. How long can she maintain this dual identity before she's caught red-handed?
God-fearing Dajon Waite, who scours the Caroline coast, expunging it of pirates, is a more-than-capable captain in the British Royal Navy. But when he is asked to take on the guardianship of Faith and her sisters, he's headed for deep water. Having vowed to avoid women, what will he do when he finds himself falling for Faith?
Sir Wilhelm Carteret has always gotten everything he desired, but Faith seems unaffected by his charms. When he devises a plot to rid himself of his competition, more than Captain Waite's reputation is at stake as alarming secrets are revealed.
Will Faith regain her trust in God only to find herself headed for the Gallows? Will Dajon scuttle his good name - and neck - to save her?
In retrospect, there is a key word in the first description that I misinterpreted: "can the love of a godly captain win her heart?" I took it to mean that, since we're talking historical romance here, "Here is the good love interest, soon to be contrasted with an evil dude!" not, "WILL FAITH CHOOSE GOD!?"
Someone has gotten religion in my pirate story.
But since I was already a largely inappropriate reader for this story (it's a romance; I prefer ninjas), even though I am now a COMPLETELY inappropriate reader for it, I am still going forward.
You will probably hear more about this later.