Till Dawn Tames the Night

A woman's cherished legacy becomes a pirate's obsessive quest in this spellbinding historical romance from award-winning author Meagan McKinney The London docks in 1818 are no place for a woman. But Aurora Dayne is about to embark on a new life. With her modest belongings and a unique bejeweled locket-her sole legacy from her dead father-she boards a ship bound for Jamaica. All hell breaks loose when pirates storm the gangplank, and the sheltered orphan becomes the prisoner of a ruthless privateer named Vashon. The towering, black-caped stranger arouses Aurora's fear . . . and her irresistible desire. Haunted by his past, Vashon lives outside the law and is driven by one purpose: to retrieve the Star of Aran, a fabled gem cursed by its own dark history. Beautiful Aurora is the key to Vashon's quest. But when obsession flames into passion, he will risk everything to protect her-for there are others who would kill to possess the star.