The Captain's Lady [Kindle Edition]

Lorhainne Eckhart (Author)

Book Description

A PASSIONATE TALE OF LOVE DURING THE IRAQ WAR

***Other Romantic Stories from Author Lorhainne Eckhart

THE FORGOTTEN CHILD - How do you tell a man there is something wrong this his child?
A BABY AND A WEDDING (A bridge short story) - Getting married and having a baby ...   for Emily and Brad everything was perfect, or so they thought until an unexpected surprise  threatens to derail their happy day.
FALLEN HERO - She returned for justice, but found love instead.
THE SEARCH (A short story) - When her husband goes missing she's forced to call the one man she shouldn't.
THE AWAKENING - Can a sexy rancher restore a young woman's hope?
SECRETS
RUNAWAY
Walk the Right Road Series
Book 1 - THE CHOICE...One Woman. Two Men...and a choice that could kill her.
Book 2 - LOST AND FOUND...From Romance Junkies "The best romantic suspense I've read this year!" A hit and run~A deserted road~A parent's worst nightmare.
Book 3 - MERKABA...Is the man who follows her the devil in disguise?*Coming Soon - BOUNTY

Editorial Reviews

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There is far more to The Captain's Lady than meets the eye. You have the tension, the uncertainty, the intensity. Each element expands, pulling you into the story, until you can't wait to learn what happens next. --Long and Short Romance Reviews

From the Inside Flap

"We have no reports of a ship in distress in the area, Captain."

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Product Details

• File Size: 471 KB
• Print Length: 316 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1601543832
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press; First Champagne Rose Edition edition (July 22, 2009)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002IPHB2U
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,282 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Captain's Lady, A Military Romance May 24, 2011

By Mimi Barbour

Format:Paperback

From the first few pages, the author captivated me with Abby and Eric's love story. I liked the navy ship's setting and the diverse characters that Ms. Ekehart presented to us. It was romantic, but at the same time the suspense was drawn out and she mixed the sweet with the salty. Her heroine found her perfect hero and for me, it's why I read romance.

Mimi Barbour
Vancouver Island, Canada

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful....calgon take me away.....romance... December 7, 2010

By Skeletor-Vixen

Format:Paperback

This is one of my favorites and I've read more romance stories than I'll admit to. This story has a bit of everything thrown in. The Captain...he is a wonderfully human and falable man. I'm just finishing up reading it for the second time. I hope there is another in this same vein? I'll have to check that out....
Very good reading and excellent writing. Keep 'um coming.....I'll bet watching for more!
Thank you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT April 4, 2013

By SKEETER

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I LOVE THE STORY, I WOULD FOR SURE RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY ONE THAT LIVES TO READ LIKE I DO.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! October 21, 2012

By Thh

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I absolutly loooved this book and were captivated from the beginning to the end. I couldn't stop reading it until I had finished the story. I thought the characters where well put together and the story behind the characters also where amazing. I recommend it if one likes the whole buff sailors and a woman in need theme :)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Lorhainne Eckhart delivers a wonderfully written debut novel! August 26, 2009

By Phoebe Jordan

Format:Paperback

Now onto my review of her debut novel, The Captain's Lady, which is a contemporary military romance that is full of information about the Navy part of the US Army that I learned so many new things just by reading it. The hero of this novel, Captain Eric Hamilton, is a powerful force in the U.S. Navy and even though having earned himself a reputation of being a hard-nosed chauvinist is still a man who commands respect from his fellow officers and staff. He's also the commander of the USS Larsen, a destroyer, currently deployed in the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He expects that every officer and staff on his ship to obey his every command though he isn't all that interactive with the female officers and staff since his views of females in the Navy is clear that he thinks they should be housewives. Now for the heroine, Abby Carlton, she has been through so much before she met Eric and it starts when she finally escaped from the man who held her captive for a year. Abducted while travelling in Paris, she was given to an Arab man as a gift, until one night she makes her desperate escape that might have saved her very life. While on patrol one morning Captain Eric Hamilton discovers a dinghy floating aimlessly and that is how Abby is found, battered and in an advanced state of pregnancy, lying in the bottom of the dinghy. From the moment she was laid on the deck of his ship her innocence finds a way to penetrate his hardened heart. But time is running out and Eric is falsely accused of sexual assault while at the same time the CIA wants Abby and the baby for bait to flush out her captor.... As I read this novel I could help but fall for both the hero, Eric, and the heroine, Abby, who I think have such similar characteristics that make them such a wonderful couple but have their own quirks that keep them on their toes. And though I'm not a feminist I sometimes didn't like Eric's attitude towards the women officers and staff but that didn't take away from his strongness, loyalty and honesty that really kept me from full-on disliking him. As I finished reading this novel is just under a day I really loved it because it kept me reading because I never knew what would happen next for Eric and Abby, which is great and on top of that I learned so many new things about the U.S. Navy that I never knew. So this novel gave me a great read on top of that I learned many new things that I could use in my own writing if I were ever to write about a Naval hero. Lorhainne Eckhart has delivered a wonderfully written debut novel that will keep you reading from start to finish as well as teach you about the U.S. Navy that you may not have even known about. Read more ›

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute drivel January 19, 2013

By Connalea Howard

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I had read another book by this author that I enjoyed--this one was awful! I read on hoping it would get better but it was a waste of time and money.

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved December 3, 2012

By erica smith

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I am a sucker for love stories. Plot was sort of silly but I love that the hard core military man has a soft side.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars 1.5 stars. Boring story using vague communication to create conflict. The kidnapper story had potential but it wasn't told. January 16, 2010

By Jane TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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Opinion:
Eric describes himself (page 266) "I call the shots, it has to be that way. I'm not a negotiator. It has to be on my terms. I won't change - can't. Can you honestly say you'll be able to live like that? Follow my rules and obey me? No career and be a mother to my children, stay home and raise them? I have cave man ideals and I'll not change." The first thing that crossed my mind was that he ordered others not to talk to Abby about an investigation. It was poor judgment on Eric's part (for spoiler reasons I won't go into). Yet he expects a wife to always obey him without question? He will make mistakes in the future. This didn't sit right for me. I can accept a caveman story at times, but this one didn't work for me.

Major problem: author used vague communication to cause conflict between Eric and Abby more than once. The major separation between them made me angry. Both he and she assumed things that were inaccurate about each other. This was not interesting writing.

The secondary story was Gail filing a false sexual harassment claim against Eric. I would have preferred that the author go more into the Seyed story. That could have been interesting. Seyed kidnapped Abby and wanted her and the baby back. I wanted more details and depth about the kidnapping, her year with Seyed, and what might happen after her rescue by Eric. But that story never gets told.

Data:
Story length: 294 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: 3. Setting: 2004 ship in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Copyright: 2008. Genre: contemporary romance.

More About the Author

2012 was an amazing year in the publishing world for me. And it started with, The Forgotten Child, which landed on the Amazon bestseller list for western romance and romance series. And with the publication of each novel and short story each one made its way to the top 10 for its respective genre. 2013 has seen me posted in the top 100 authors on Amazon for Romantic Suspense and Mystery/Thrillers, Police Procedural.

Where did it all begin? In 2008, I published my first novel, The Captain's Lady, a Contemporary Military Romance through The Wild Rose Press. I have a fierce writing schedule with four books scheduled for release this year and six short stories.

I write three genres, edgy romantic suspense (Walk the Right Road Series), western romance (Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series, and young adult mystery and I warn my readers to expect the unexpected. I'm the mother of three children, one a special needs child. We live on a small Island in the Pacific Northwest where I advocate for the environment, and rights of special needs children. And somewhere in my busy schedule I do find time to write. I encourage you to contact me by email, I do answer every email I receive.
Stay tuned. There is more to come from Walk the Right Road Series and Finding Love ~ The Outsider Series.

And to my readers and all of you who have shared my stories with your family and friends, a big heartfelt thank you.Email: [e-mail]

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#66 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Police Procedurals