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My Lady Vixen

445 pages

A tempestuous battle of wills on the high seas where revenge is a dish best served with consuming passion.

What it feels like

A sweeping, unapologetically dramatic historical romance that thrives on high-stakes emotion and fierce power struggles. The narrative moves at a propulsive clip, sweeping the reader from the gilded cages of Regency society to the lawless, salt-sprayed decks of a privateer's ship. It feels stormy and intense, steeped in the classic tropes of vintage romance where betrayal and consuming passion are two sides of the same coin. The prose is lush and breathless, leaning heavily into the sensory details of tempestuous seas and fiery encounters. Fans of old-school, high-angst bodice rippers will devour this tale of a wronged innocent who transforms into a formidable rival, offering a deeply satisfying emotional arc of reclaimed power and hard-won love.

Mood
  • stormy
  • sensual
  • tempestuous
  • high-stakes
Tone
  • melodramatic
  • passionate
  • intense
  • unapologetic
Pace
propulsive
Themes
enemies to lovers · revenge and redemption · loss of innocence · reclaiming power · consuming passion
The writing
Lush, dramatic, and heavily focused on sensory details of passion and maritime peril.
The arc
From helpless betrayal and heartbreak to fierce, empowered retaliation and ultimately, consuming love.
Who it's for
Fans of vintage, high-angst historical romance who love a dramatic power struggle and a heroine who fights back.
Content notes
  • abduction
  • dubious consent
  • captivity
  • betrayal

About the book

My Lady Vixen by Connie Mason

Possessed of an innocent, ethereal beauty, Alexa Ashley knew nothing of the burning hatred Adam Foxworth felt for her family. Abducted by his men, held prisoner aboard a notorious privateering ship, she succumbed to Adam's masterful seduction - only to learn she had been nothing but a pawn in his game of revenge...

Driven by despair, Alexa made a new name for herself as the boldly seductive mistress of a rival ship, and dared to challenge her lover at his own game...Stroke by stroke, kiss by kiss, she would teach Adam just how sweet revenge could be...

Description from Open Library.

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