Spanish Rose

Besides sharing a national enmity for the Spanish, English pirate Gabriel Lancaster has a special vendetta against the Delgatos for killing his father. Gabriel swears vengeance upon their entire family and has an opportunity to do so when he captures beautiful Maria Delgato on a buccaneer raid. Intent on humiliating her, he makes her his personal slave. Soon, however, passion changes the situation: Gabriel is surprised to find himself in love with a Delgato and Maria is equally bemused at falling for a man bent on destroying her family. How they set aside a lifetime's hate for love makes this one of Busbee's best romances. (May)