Bound by the Heart [Hardcover]

Marsha Canham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1991

In this swashbuckling adventure Captain Morgan Wade, a notorious privateer and blockade-runner, rescues, then kidnaps the daughter of the British governor of Barbados after she and her brother are shipwrecked. Summer Cambridge is betrothed to Wade's arch-enemy, Commodore Bennett Winfield, who will go to any lengths, even start a war between two countries to get her back.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

This is the first book I wrote that explores my love of sea-faring swashbucklers.  My first Hollywood crush was on Errol Flynn and I kept thinking of him as I was writing my Morgan Wade *s* --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Pub Ltd; 1 Rev Sub edition (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727842358
• ISBN-13: 978-0727842350
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,265,358 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Writing mostly historical romances set in many of my favorite periods and themes: medieval, pirate, regency, Scottish. My books have won many awards from Romantic Times, including Best Historical of the Year, Best Swashbuckler of the Year, Best Medieval of the Year, Storyteller of the Year, and I have twice received Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Iron Rose won accolades from Publishers Weekly for being one of the seven best fiction books of the year. My novels have consistently appeared on USA Today bestseller lists. Nasty rumors of my retirement have been greatly exaggerated.



Check out my website at www.marshacanhamebooks.com

And my blog, Caesars Through the Fence at www.marshacanham.wordpress.com

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Customer Reviews

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive High Seas Romance!, October 27, 2010

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Regan (San Diego) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bound By The Heart (Kindle Edition)

First let me say that I am a huge...huge...fan of Marsha Canham. She is consistently a 5 star author and I devoured all her romances (see my other reviews). This is my first e book of hers and I read it even though I had read the book as it has some dramatic differences from the hard copy. Canham is especially adept at crafting believable high seas romance and she describes with gripping reality anything that takes place aboard a ship, including sea battles as those that take place in Bound by the Heart. I think this is one of her best. It is non stop high seas action that sweeps you away from the first page.

Set in the Atlantic and the Caribbean during the time leading up to the War of 1812, it tells the story of Captain Morgan Wade, an American patriot and privateer with a past that includes the British Navy. He rescues Summer Cambridge, the 18 year old English daughter of the Governor of Barbados and her younger brother Michael from a shipwreck that left them, the only survivors, clinging to a raft. From the beginning, Morgan is attracted to Summer who he believes to be her brother's governess, a ruse invented by her brother. Despite Morgan's attraction to her, he does not have his way with her on the ship, but treats her and her brother well. Ah, but they are headed for his island, Bounty Key, where things will change. When Summer is later returned to her father, she marries the man her father promised her to, an English Navy commodore and a rival of Wade's. Her husband becomes cruel when he realizes his new bride has feelings for the privateer and, he suspects, more than that.

This story is a great romance with history and life on the sea in the early 1800s wonderfully woven in. Canham does a masterful job of crafting rich characters...so much so I emailed her the suggestion that she write a sequel that is Michael's story! I highly recommend this ebook! And, if you like this one, you might read these additional ones by Canham:The Wind and the Sea, Across a Moonlit Sea (and it's sequel, The Iron Rose)--all are excellent!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apolgies from the Author, May 27, 2011

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Marsha Canham (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bound By The Heart (Kindle Edition)

If you downloaded Bound by the Heart between May 25 and May 27 you may be missing chapter 28. I can't tell you how sorry I am for the omission, but it has been corrected and a new version is uploaded. My very humble apologies for any aggravation this might cause. I have visions of readers reaching the crucial point in the book and going WHAT? WHERE? HOW? then throwing it against the wall. Please don't throw it *s* Just download a new copy. And if there is any problem with a new download, please contact me directly. Thank you so much. This is like an author's worst nightmare. augh.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, October 29, 2010

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Susana Pitchon "book worm" (La Prairie, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bound By The Heart (Kindle Edition)

I am a huge fan of Marsha Canham's books and there were only 3 that I hadn't read: Chine Rose, Bound by the heart and The wind and the sea. Now I am happy that she released them on Kindle giving me the opportunity to read them! I've read Bound by the Heart and I fell in love with the book. It's really a good book and I assure you you can't put it down. The intrigue is well spinned and the characters well done.
At the moment I am reading China Rose and loving it and waiting for The wind and the sea.
A must read book!