Smugglers Run
Welcome to Smugglers Run, Celeste’s STEAMY short Regency series. Set on the southern coast of England and India, these novellas transport you back in time to a place where pirates and privateers reigned.
Descended from Celeste’s Pirates of the Isles couples, these smugglers taunt and evade the East India Company.
Three Indian princesses marry three English best friends, and their children soon find themselves in complicated relationships where love may come easily but their Happily Ever After prove these couples will do anything for their soulmate.
What happens when three Indian princesses fall in love with three East India Company officers?
When sisters Suniti, Sarla, and Vinita Singh enter the local market, they didn’t expect to meet their soulmates. Daughters of the Maharaja of Bikaner, these sisters believed they knew what fate held for them: arranged marriages. But a casual trip into town changes everything when they spy three East India Company men negotiating with a local seamstress. Intrigued by the men’s integrity and generosity, the sisters can’t help their curiosity.
Robert Courtenay, Theodore Rowe, and William Abbington believed they knew why they came to northwestern India: adventure. While still getting used to their newest assignment, the three East India Company officers venture to the market for more comfortable clothing. But none imagined the three young women they spy will change their destiny. Unaware that they encountered three royal sisters, the men wonder if they’ll ever meet the women again.
In this tale of opposites attract, each couple must find their way to a happily ever after when outside forces would keep them apart. Impending betrothals, duty, religious and cultural differences, and unconvinced parents could derail these romances before they begin.
Rajesh William Courtenay assumed he would return to India after his Grand Tour and continue his life there. His father once chose his new home and his Indian wife over his family in England. But circumstances forced Rajesh and his family to return to England when his father inherited the title of the Earl of Devon. Unwilling to remain where he didn’t belong, Rajesh spent the next seven years privateering. But more untimely deaths cause this second son of a second son to become earl. What happens when the unwilling earl finds himself with a title and two nieces to raise?
An unexpected governess…
Charlotte “Charlie” Pedrick is looking for her fifth governess assignment after leaving her smuggler family and village. Age, illness, and two sets of wandering hands forced her from her previous assignments. A chance glimpse at an advertisement leads to a second chance meeting when she recognizes the man who saved her from her last employer’s lecherous son. Instant attraction abounds, but class and cultural differences could stand between these soulmates. What happens when the unexpected governess finds herself in the arms of her employer, and secrets and scandals threaten their newfound love?
In the midst of falling in love, treachery abounds.
Rajesh doesn’t believe his father’s, his brother’s, or his sister-in-law’s death were accidents. The East India Company is holding a grudge, and Charlie’s smuggler family only complicates matters. This couple rides into a dangerous unknown when they must face those who would target them with subterfuge and death.