She looked around and this time she did see sails of another ship. She saw its graceful outline, and it really did seem to dance across the water. It was nothing like the thick, heavily laden merchantman.
Why did the captain believe it hostile? Because it appeared to be following the Charlotte?
She wondered how something so beautiful could be deadly, then she remembered the tales of pirates. Breath caught in her throat even as she watched the ship approach ever so slowly, its guns highlighted by the sun.
She stood transfixed, shadowed by the longboat near where she stood.
“A French flag,” shouted the lookout.
She heard curses, then a boom that echoed out over the water.
The Charlotte was being fired upon.
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Patricia Potter is a USA Today–bestselling author of more than fiftyromantic novels. A seven-time RITA Award finalist and three-time Maggie Award winner, she was named Storyteller of the Year by Romantic Times and received the magazine’s Career Achievement Award for Western Romance. Potter is a past board member and president of Romance Writers of America. Prior to becoming a fiction author, she was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and the president of a public relations firm in Atlanta. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
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