Elva Cobb Martin

The Sultan's Captive Elva Cobb Martin

The lure of the legendary Spice Trail beckons, but he may never find a spice more precious than the treasure he left in Charles Town.



Two Charles Town men love Georgia Ann Cooper-Samuel Vargas and his step-brother, Joshua Becket-but only one both attracts and infuriates her. Even though he's a dangerous budding patriot and a privateer-or more likely pirate-Samuel fills her dreams and waking moments. When he leaves Charles Town for high sea adventure on the legendary Spice Trail, she determines to push him out of her thoughts and her graces. A task made slightly easier when she sets out on her own journey to accompany her father on one of his merchant trips to the Mediterranean.




Samuel Vargas is determined to make his own way in the world, not live in the glow of his parents' escapades throughout Charles Town and the seas surrounding the Spanish Main. There's no better place to earn his fortune than the Spice Trail. But the adventure becomes more than he bargained for when he stumbles across a familiar face from Charles Town in Tripoli, and he's forced to use all his abilities to save the life of the woman he's been trying to forget.




As their paths intertwine on a journey filled with Barbary pirates, intrigue, and romance, only love and the grace of God can overcome the past and ignite a new beginning for Georgia Ann and Samuel.