This is a nice historical romance. I like that it is not explicit. It’s a book I can recommend to friends and family.

Keelan Grey dressed as a young boy and was strained in the art of swordsmanship each morning by one of the plantation servants. One morning, while training, two men approached and "assisted" in the training. Only after training was completed and she was running back to the main house, did she let it be know that she was a woman and not a young boy by letting her long red curls down.

Captain Landon Hart was mesmerized by the red-headed beauty and her fiery spirit. In order to keep her secret, he demanded a kiss. The kiss was like nothing either of them had ever experienced before. In her mind, Captain Hart was arrogant and a womanizer. Her mother had convinced her to stay away from seafaring men because they could never be trusted to be faithful.

Keelan's father was dying and he was determined to have her married. Keelan was determined to only ever marry for love but she had to get out of the arranged marriages that her father was determined to insist upon. She couldn't stop thinking about the amazing kiss that she had shared with Landon Hart. Would she ever be able to have a passionate love with someone like him. If only he was a seaman. . .

This is the first book I have read by this author but I am looking forward to continuing the story of these two. Normally, I don't like books that don't resolve the story in one book but I think I would enjoy following this series.

This was the clean version of this story. There was definitely chemistry between Landon and Keelan, something that was missing from any of the other interactions Keelan had with the other men in her life. I was given an arc copy of this book and I willingly offer my honest review.

Well written inspirational romance. I enjoyed the plot and the pirates. My thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook.this is my unbiased review.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley, this review is my personal opinion.

I knew that this was a series, so I was not expecting a perfect ending or a resolution to all the situations. However, there are many things I did not like about this book:

1- The amount of kissing scene, in my opinion, is way too many; for be a Christian book. What bothers me the most is that all this is between the main character that 1. They barely know each other 2. Are NOT married. If this is just a romance book I get it, but if you add Christian to the description, it doesn't seem to look that way. My question is, what is the intention of the author with that amount of kissing and almost sex scenes?. As single, Christian women I don't think it sets a good example to others.

2. The fact that Keelan lies and act without reproach, I don't see in any point a moment when she says: I've been acting on my own, I need your help with all this important decision about with who I am supposed to marry. Landon never mentions God, and as Christian, we know what the Bible says about joining to an unbeliever. Is a bad decision for another decision.

3. The poor descriptions and the plot is weak, I understand that the author wanted it to make it more easy and simple to understand. But, that also makes that the story looks more informal that it should.

So, overall I won't recommend this book.

The Heart of a Tempest is a very exciting story of Keelen and Landon. Beginning with sword fights, going on to a horrible storm, to a ball. This story pretty much has it all! Not necessarily a Christian story, even though it was listed in that genre, it has swear words and explicit scenes, although they aren't terribly bad, they are descriptive. Over all, I enjoyed the story and can't wait for the next story! This is book one of the series.