My Review - Heart's Safe Passage

HEART’S SAFE PASSAGE, the second installment in The Midwives series, had as many emotional highs and lows as the Davina did navigating the open seas.

Midwife, Phoebe Lee is taken against her will so she can be on hand at the birth of sister-in-law, Belinda Chapman’s child. The fact that the birth may take place on privateer, Captain Rafe Docherty ship as they sail across the Atlantic is what has her panicked.

Captain Rafe Docherty has agreed to sail Mrs. Belinda Chapman across the sea and aid in her husband’s escape from prison, because Mr. Chapman has information Rafe needs in order to exact revenge on his most hated enemy.

Phoebe hates the fact that Captain Docherty appears to be without moral conscious. He thinks nothing of endangering the lives of two women, one great with child, in order to see his rival dead. But the more Phoebe studies the Captain, the more she realizes he is an anomaly she can’t quite figure out, and her attraction to him is nothing more than a mutiny on her soul. The more Captain Docherty tries to dismiss his feelings for Phoebe, knowing she could never love a rogue such as himself, the more intense his feelings become.

HEART’S SAFE PASSAGE is another swashbuckling tale from Laurie Alice Eakes. The high seas, dangerous battles, a scoundrel of a ship’s captain, and a woman drawn to a man who hides beneath the mantel of privateer captain, are just some of the sparks that ignite this novel into a blazing tale of bitterness, hatred, and love. The characters are rich and colored with a wide spectrum of backgrounds. The character of Mel was a great addition, aiding the reader in overlooking Rafe’s belligerence and seeing him instead as the compassionate man that he is. I feel the difficulties of Phoebe’s past could’ve been explained earlier, but other than that, I enjoyed the escapism of sailing on the high seas once again. I anxiously await the next book in the series.

Book provided for review purposes.

“Available February 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”