"Meet a Vampire Pirate Captain."

Sabine, the youngest of the Debray family, was raised on stories told by her brother Narcisse. Stories of the Vampire Captain Donovan, his Pirating ways that depicted him as a carnal aficionado and seducer of women. Both Sabine and her brother were born vampires though they live in a human world with mortal servants and friends.

Narcisse and his new wife Leona go away on a honeymoon, leaving Sabine to take care of things at home. Captain Galen Donovan shows up at the castle door requesting help. He has been injured by a silver arrowhead and, without help from another of his kind, is dying. If Sabine allows him to take her blood, their passion for each other will become uncontrollable. Having sex will cause them to be bonded for all eternity, life mates throughout time. Knowing this, she still helps him by giving him her blood.

With the Northern King hot on Galen's tail, they evade capture by embarking on board ship to his island, fighting all the way. Why is Galen so afraid of the Northern King? Is he worth saving? And can they? Even though Sabine is spoiled, headstrong, and passionate, she needs to take a stance and stick to it. She yells at Galen one minute and is having wild passionate sex with him the next.

The loyalty between Galen and his crew is commendable, but what shines are the interactions with Sabine and Sofian, the Captain's first mate. MOONLUST PRIVATEER is loaded with love, death, fighting, betrayal, and honor. Galen's honor for his mate. Fighting for what he believes in. Sabine grows up and finds something and someone to believe in. Galen must find if it is better to stay with one woman or go back to his wandering ways.

There are a few inconsistencies in MOONLUST PRIVATEER. A couple of awkward sentences and missing words that halt the rhythm of the story. More descriptions of emotions that the hero/heroine are feeling are needed. I felt Ms Hill needed to expound on Sabine's brother Kornel's death; though this had no bearing on the story itself, it caught my interest.

Sensuality: I didn't understand the publisher's "Hard R" rating. In my humble opinion, MOONLUST PRIVATEER is far from being a Hard R and is quite tamer that others at Ellora's Cave. It has oral sex; monogamous sex.

Reviewed by Hunter McKenna
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted February 14, 2003

Summary

In spite of her vampiric charms and beauty, Lady Sabine Debray has never had a lover. When Captain Galen Donovan - a notorious privateer and acquaintance of her brother - arrives half dead at her door, she has no choice but to save his life. Against her better judgment, she finds herself drawn to the handsome sea captain. Thrust into Galen's dangerous world and pursued by a vicious enemy, Sabine soon learns what it is to be a vampire seductress...and how it feels to love a man with her very soul.

Genre: vampire.