Liberty's Ladies Series by Lynette Vinet

All young Bethlyn Talbot had wanted when she set sail for the colonies was to track down the husband she'd been forced to wed as a child. Then her ship was attacked by the infamous privateer "Hawk" and the honey-haired prisoner had to think of how to escape the brash buccaneer. But with his magnetic personality and towering physique, Bethlyn was more trapped than had she been bound in chains... moreAll young Bethlyn Talbot had wanted when she set sail for the colonies was to track down the husband she'd been forced to wed as a child. Then her ship was attacked by the infamous privateer "Hawk" and the honey-haired prisoner had to think of how to escape the brash buccaneer. But with his magnetic personality and towering physique, Bethlyn was more trapped than had she been bound in chains. For after years of marriage to a complete stranger, the yearning, passionate woman was ripe for romance with the phantom of the seas! With his dangerous life and spirit of adventure, the hot-blooded Hawk never hesitated to indulge in a brief, torrid love affair. And when he saw the curvaceous beauty aboard the ship he was raiding, Hawk decided then and there he'd claim her before nightfall. Then the lightskirt pretended maidenly virtue, and the aroused male became even lustier...only to discover she'd been telling the truth. Past the point of no return, Hawk commanded Bethlyn, for this voyage only, to submit to his will as the captain's mistress, and without a ring or preacher to be the PIRATE'S BRIDE. less

Diana Montaigne is promised to the master of Briarhaven, but the moment she sets eyes on the plantation's overseer, Tanner, the highborn beauty is set aflame with desire. She longs to be held in his arms, her lips hunger for his, but then she discovers he is her betrothed's unacknowledged half-brother. Ashamed, she despises him for making her disloyal to the man she plans to marry. When the half-breed Tanner caresses Diana in a moon-dappled grove, his joy knows no bounds... moreDiana Montaigne is promised to the master of Briarhaven, but the moment she sets eyes on the plantation's overseer, Tanner, the highborn beauty is set aflame with desire. She longs to be held in his arms, her lips hunger for his, but then she discovers he is her betrothed's unacknowledged half-brother. Ashamed, she despises him for making her disloyal to the man she plans to marry. When the half-breed Tanner caresses Diana in a moon-dappled grove, his joy knows no bounds. Here is a woman who doesn't care about his ignoble birth, who responds to his demanding kisses. But when Diana shuns him and marries his half-brother, Tanner is consumed with rage. Storming off the plantation, he vows to return one day and conquer the two timing vixen and make her pay for her savage deception. less