Port Royal (Buccaneers, 1)

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Summary: Don't judge the book by it's cover!
Review: A great start to a series! Intrigue, danger, and adventure are woven into an well-developed plot. Emerald Harwick is quite an inspiring woman who faces hard times in the tropical island of Jamaica; being rejected by her aristocratic family. Baret Buckington, a viscount turned buccaneer, is on a quest to find his imprisoned father though declared dead. Emerald is desperately trying to escape Port Royal with her fiance and cousin Minette. Emerald's father has other ideas regarding Emerald's future and Baret has a part in that plan. What I really hope for in these series that Baret will find his father and Emerald find someone to love and help her deal with the family's obvious rejection and defend her mother's reputation and her own. It leaves you hanging at the end and desperate to get the 2nd book in the series!

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Summary: Port Royal
Review: I believed this book to be one of the most outstanding books I have ever read! It is amazing how this author captivates you in the way she writes. She makes the world of buccaneering come to life. I reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys adventure and romance!!!

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Summary: Refreshing Change of Pace
Review: I love pirate romance novels, and it was refreshing to read one that didn't have the gratuitous sex that is so common in a typical romance novel. The story line here is also much more interesting, interwoven as it is with historical fact. I did note one historical error that somehow got by the editors: Emerald finds a portrait miniature of her cousin Lavendar on Baret's ship; she later refers to the painted miniature as a photograph (p. 116) -- and we know photographs weren't invented until a couple hundred years later. But overall, this book was enjoyable; I look forward to reading the following two in the series.

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Summary: A great book!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it, and would give it more stars if I could. It is a story of romance and adventure. It's great Christian fiction.

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Summary: A great book!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it, and would give it more stars if I could. It is a story of romance and adventure. It's great Christian fiction.

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Summary: Don't judge the book by it's cover!
Review: I'm always searching for Christian authors that write novels with depth, yet be entertaining. This is the first book by Chaikin I have read, and I truly enjoyed it. The book premise based in the 1600's in Jamaica is refreshing as well. I admit I was skeptical about this book because the cover looked so ridiculous, however, I have to say that the Buccaneers Series books are among my favorites.

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Summary: One of my favorite books!
Review: I've read all of Linda's 4 trilogy series and they were all great! Miss Chaikin is a excellent writer who captures the reader right off. She somehow sweeps you right off your feet with her touching romances. And would you believe it! ; there is no sex or vulgar language. The way she brings God into her stories and how he affects the main characters is amazing! Baret and Emerld are two unforgetable people. Emerld is a beautiful young lady who uses her gift God has given her to work on the plantation slave school and translates songs. Baret is a dashing rouge who becomes a Buccaneer in order to find his father who he still believes is a live. Linda's books are so enrapturing I feel like I'm being sucked into each one. After reading this book and the two that follow I can't help, but wish I could fall in love with someone like Baret.

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Summary: This was only the first book in a wonderful series
Review: The Buccaneers series was the best series I have read in a very long time. I am not over exaggerating to make it sound better then it was...I was totally enthrawled in it and couldn't put it down. The second and third books only get better. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is needing a good romance, some adventure, a little sorrow, a lot of smiles and laughter, or just a flat-out wonderful book!

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Summary: Truely exhilerating
Review: This book is one of my favorite books ever. Its historical accuracy and intrieging love story are truely amazing. I have read this book three times and enjoy it the same if not more each time I read it. Mrs. Chaikin is my favorite Christian author and has influenced my life greatly through her many fabulous novels. I check the shelves at my local book store weekly for a new book. Thank-you. She has made many dull study halls at school come to life with her adventures.