Pirates at Heart — Cindy Jacks

Smuggler's Blues -- Book two in the Pirates at Heart series
The year is 2017 and all is quiet on the eastern front. Good news for the war-weary Republic of Texas…bad news for weapons-smuggling pirate Captain Brett Logan. Logan's been a surly handful since war's end -- not to mention a rather perfunctory lover -- and his wife Kate has had about enough. When an illicit business venture falls in his lap, Logan is eager to get back to outrunning and out-gunning the enemy navy. Kate becomes an unwilling participant in Logan's criminal enterprise, but surrounded by excitement and danger, he's the roguish daredevil she fell in love with. Their passion for each other burns hotter than ever -- spurred on by the thrill of the chase. As she learns more about Logan's wild side, Kate finds herself craving him body and soul as love, sex and adventure finally rid Logan of those pesky smuggler's blues.

Sailor's Knot -- Pirates at Heart Book Three
The year is 2037 and the next generation of Logan family pirates have taken over the helm of The Yellow Rose. Running bootleg booze and smuggling runners from the Reformed States of America into the Republic of Texas, business couldn't be better…that is, if brothers Marcus and Nathaniel don't kill each other in the process. Captain Marcus Logan is serious, brooding and haunted, carrying a torch for his first mate, Amelie. Nathaniel -- the resident party boy -- is none of those things, but somehow they'd made their differences work for them until recently. When tall, leggy blonde Captain Ruby Delaney is a guest aboard The Rose, she turns Nathaniel's head and stirs up all sorts of trouble, not the least of which is winding up in Marcus' bed one drunken night. This ill-advised one-night stand ignites a love quadrangle so intertwined that the phrase “it's complicated” doesn't begin to define this sailor's knot.