Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorite authors. I have read all of her books and I have enjoyed each one, except Pirates Love. The book was well written but I had a probelm with all the rape scenes. I read the reviews before I purchased the book but I disregarded them. Johanna Lindsey is a terrific writer so I figured I would like the book anyway, but, the reviews were right. Rape is rape no matter how you look at it. They were not love scenes we all expect from Johann Lindsey, they were rape scenes all through the book. It was hard to finish the book.