Books: The Ransome Trilogy
July 1814. The war with France is over,
but the battle of hearts has just begun.
From the ballrooms of Portsmouth across the Atlantic to the hunt for pirates in the Caribbean, it’s not just the seas that are tumultuous in this historical romance trilogy!
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Ransome’s Honor
Book One of the Ransome Trilogy
ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-2753-6
Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Once Youthful Sweethearts—Can Their Love Be Renewed?
When young Julia Witherington doesn’t receive the proposal for marriage she expects from William Ransome, she determines to never forgive him. They go their separate ways—she returns to her family’s Caribbean plantation, and he returns to the Royal Navy.
Now, twelve years later, Julia is about to receive a substantial inheritance, including her beloved plantation. When unscrupulous relatives try to gain the inheritance by forcing her into a marriage, she turns to the only eligible man to whom her father, Admiral Sir Edward Witherington, will not object—his most trusted captain and the man who broke Julia’s heart, William Ransome. Julia offers William her thirty-thousand-pound dowry to feign marriage for one year, but then something she never imagined happens: She starts to fall in love with him again.
Can two people overcome their hurt, reconcile their conflicting desires, and find a way to be happy together? Duty and honor, faith and love are intertwined in this intriguing tale from the Regency era.
Read the First Chapter.
Radio Interview
Group Discussion Questions (downloadable PDF)
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Ransome’s Crossing
Book Two of the Ransome Trilogy
ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-2754-3
Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
To get to her secret fiancé in Jamaica, Charlotte Ransome disguises herself as a midshipman and joins the crew of one of the ships in the convoy led by her brother William. First Lieutenant Ned Cochrane has only known his captain’s younger sister for a brief time, but is sure she’s the wife he’s been praying for—except he’s about to leave for the Caribbean for at least one year.
An attack on the convoy gains Ned the promotion to commander he has long dreaded—especially once he discovers one of his midshipmen is actually Charlotte Ransome in disguise. After seeking Julia’s advice, Ned decides to keep Charlotte’s secret… and hopes to win her love. Charlotte will soon discover that losing her heart to Ned is not the greatest danger she’ll face on this Atlantic crossing.
Coming June 2010.
Read the Prologue
Read the First Chapter
Posts about Ransome’s Crossing:
Character Introductions
The Settings
Life Aboard Ship
Officer Ranks and Uniforms
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Ransome’s Quest
Book Three of the Ransome Trilogy
ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-2755-0
Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
The pirate El Salvador has haunted the waters of the Caribbean for almost ten years. When he snatched Charlotte Ransome, it was a case of mistaken identity. Now Charlotte’s brother, whose reputation in battle is the stuff of legend, is searching for him with a dogged determination. But another rumor has reached El Salvador’s ears: Julia Ransome has been kidnapped by the man feared by all other pirates—the pirate known only as Shaw. The violent and blood-thirsty savage from whom El Salvador was trying to protect her.
When word reaches William of Julia’s disappearance, his heart is torn—he cannot abandon the search for his sister, yet he must also rescue Julia. Ned Cochrane offers a solution: Ned will continue the search for Charlotte while William goes after Julia. William’s quest will lead him to a greater understanding of faith and love as he must accept help from sworn enemy and have faith that Julia’s life is in God’s hands.
Coming in 2011.
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Dear Kaye, triple congrats on this contract! All of the books sounds great! Can’t wait to read them.
Awesome!!!! I sooo can’t wait …
I am so excited for you! The Stand-In Groom just arrived. Can’t wait to read it.
I’m excited to learn about these books!
The witt and romance of Jane Austen–A definite read for me, then. I know what I’m shopping for come July.
I just found you. Your books sounds great. I’m adding you to my TBR list!!!!
Kaye – I didn’t see any other way to get a message to you so I defaulted to this. I wanted to apologize that I haven’t been able to post a review of Ransome’s Honor. I received the book late and quite tattered. I think it took a tumble in our postal service. Anyway, I wanted to assure you I am reading it now and will post to Amazon, Shelfari, as well as my own website and blog. So sorry for the delay. I just wanted to make sure you knew I wasn’t a slacker. Congratulations on the series. I will look forward to reading the other installments. Tamara
I just bought Ransome’s Honor last night. I finished it just a few moments ago. I couldn’t put the book down. The thought of having to wait patiently for the next two books is daunting. Assuredly, I will eagerly devour them when they are published. Thank you for this heart-encouraging story. It not only brought me hope and happiness in the reading, but reminded me to take my cares to God. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I just finished Ransome’s Honor, loved it. Can’t wait to read the others. Thank you!!!
I just LOVED Ransomes’ Honor! Can’t wait to read the rest! My daughter & I read many, many authors, just about anything and everything we get our hands on and now I can add your name to my favorites list! Thank you so much for using your gift to bless us all!
I’m dying to read your third book. Couldn’t put down the last two. Congrats a million on all your success, Kiki!
I’m guessing that since the second one in this series isn’t even finished yet, you meant to post this on the other series’ page.
Thanks, dear, for the ‘grats!
I just got through reading Ransome’s Honor and I LOVED it!!!! I am anxiously awaiting the next two!
It is my enjoyable task to select books for our book club and after finishing “Ransome’s Honor this afternoon I will be adding it to our book club’s schedule. It’s a wonderful story and such a fresh approach to Regency romance! I so enjoyed it that I went to your website to find out when the next in the series will be released. Seeing the 2010 release date for the sequel was disappointing (I’m really looking forward to the continuing story of these characters and was hoping the wait would not be so far down the road), so I ordered “Stand In Groom” and “Menu For Romance” on Amazon expecting that your gift for storytelling will translate equally well to your contemporary books. I am very pleased to have discovered another wonderful writer and look forward to not only the 2 books now on order but also your future work!
I loved Ransome’s Honor! I read it in one night, staying up until 2:30 in the morning because I had to finish it before I could sleep, but it was so worth it! I am so excited to read the next books and cannot wait until they come out. I am now going to go buy some of your other books because they sound fabulous as well.
Kaye – I have read Ransome’s Honor twice and loved it more the second time. Can’t wait for #2 and #3. Love the Bonneterre series also. Waiting on Forbes’ journey.
I LOVE this book!!!!!!!!!! All of my six sisters read this book with in a week!
CAN NOT wait to read the next two!!!
Ransome’s Honor caught my eye in the store & couldn’t put it down. Now friends have read it & am sending it to a friend in Alabama. Finally found you on the web.
Would like to know what month the “Quest” will be out next year.
You can really keep a person interested!!!
Lynne
Lynne,
Ransome’s Crossing (Book 2) will be out in July 2010, and Ransome’s Quest will be out in July 2011.
Kaye, what an amazing gift God gave you!!
I bought Ransome´s Honor for the kindle today in the afternoon and couldn´t put it down until I finished it. It´s the first of your books I read, but I don´t think it will be the last. I loved it !!
Please, when book 2 comes out, put it also on kindle edition in Amazon, (I don´t know how does that work) but where I live I have no other way of getting your books.
Thank you
God bless,
These books sound great! I’ve read your Menu for Romance and can’t wait to read some of your other works. :O)
I just devoured Ransome’s Honors hours ago. I read it twice, back to back. Ha ha ha. I am eagerly and impatiently waiting on July! Wonderful job!
Kaye, I loved Ransome’s Honor and Ransome’s Crossing and am awaiting Ransome’s Quest eagerly. They are so good, I read them very quickly and can hardly wait for the third!
I just finished RANSOME’S CROSSING…I can’t wait for RANSOME’S QUEST to come out to find out what happens to Charlotte!!!
Like Robin in NC, I just finished Ransome’s Crossing and CAN’T WAIT to read Ransome’s Quest!!!