Their adventure takes them to several ports along the way, but, not surprisingly, the most important discoveries occur internally. Both are on a quest – Flint to capture the pirate Le Chat who killed Flint’s mentor and surrogate father, and Violet to find her missing brother Lyon who may actually be Le Chat. Long’s version of the naval adventure features Violet Redmond and Captain Asher Flint, the new Earl of Ardmay. But despite the superficial similarities, they are different books and it is entirely due to the authors’ superlative skills. Both brats become women over the course of their adventures, suffer through a pirate attack, fall in love with the ship’s captain, save the ship’s captain, and have lots of marvelous sex. Both stories are about spoiled, bored ton brats who take to the high seas. I Kissed an Earl has remarkable similarities to Surrender of a Siren by Tessa Dare. So when Violet Redmond has a similar moment with a hunk of bread in front of her Captain Flint, I knew I was in for a good time. One of my favourite moments in the movie Mulan comes when our heroine attempts some manly expectoration and ends up slobbering in front of a handsome captain.
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