Books by Mary Jean Adams

Can love breathe new life into a shattered heart? Christiana Saint-Ange is ready to die. Revolutionary France has become a living hell and her life along with it. When her aristocratic brother enlists the aid of the freedom-loving Americans to rescue her from her appointment with Madame Guillotine, she finds herself sailing to America. Can she put her country and her past behind her? Captain Neil Blakely is more than willing to be the white knight when the situation calls for it. He's just more accustomed to his damsels in distress being grateful for his help. His latest charge is threatening his crew with the cutlery. In the time it takes to sail to America, can he discover what demons haunt his reluctant passenger? And, does her family really expect him to just hand her over to a fiancé she's never met?

Alexandra Turner lives in a world turned upside down. The British are preparing to invade Philadelphia. Her parents are dead from smallpox. Her twin brother, Reid, is more interested in the revolution than he is in his sister. When the Chevalier de Mont Trignon enters her life, she has no reason to trust the mysterious foreigner. She is drawn to him even as she realizes how little she knows about the elegant yet enigmatic man. Can she trust him with her life? Can she trust him with her heart? The Chevalier de Mont Trignon, in the service of the King of France, has sailed to America to gauge the Americans' chance for freedom for himself -- and to escape the boredom of the Parisian Court. Enthusiasm for the American cause reignites his passions, as does Alex Turner, a beautiful tavern owner determined to discover his true identity. Keeping her near him and keeping her safe while keeping her curiosity at bay is the truest test of his skills as a chevalier. In the dangerous world of revolutionary America, where people aren't always who they seem to be, will the chevalier be Alex's salvation or her ruin?

Prudence Ashcroft has three months to find a husband or she loses her inheritance. Still, if she marries the wrong man, she risks losing the family business. Her new stable master is strong, handsome and malleable. Perfect husband material, at least for what Prudence has in mind. Or is he? Prudence desperately fights for control of her fortune and her heart, but perhaps her destiny is already out of her hands. Captain Evan Foster has everything a man could want­-success, a vast fortune and the fastest ship in the Colonies. The only thing he doesn't have is a wife, but then he doesn't need or want one. When a red-haired, hazel-eyed heiress makes him an offer, he's dumbfounded...but intrigued. Too bad Prudence thinks he's just the stable master.

Battles on the high seas aren't always with the enemy... When the War for Independence leaves them fatherless, Amanda Blakely must protect her adopted brother, Neil, no matter what it takes - even if that means following the impetuous lad onto an American privateer. She disguises herself as an adolescent boy and convinces the crew master she is Neil's older brother. How long can she fool Captain William Stoakes, the man they call The Sea Wolf? A rebel with a bloodthirsty reputation, Captain Stoakes has but one hard and fast rule - no women on his ship. Staying safe means staying away from him, but that's hard to do when the wolf calls to the woman within. Once her disguise is revealed, Amanda is a constant reminder to the captain that his cardinal rule has been disobeyed, his command usurped. To make matters worse, she thinks she's a damned sailor and has his entire crew wrapped around her little finger. If only he can keep her out of trouble long enough to return her to Baltimore. If only he can keep his hands off her.