Country of Origin: New Zealand The fierce little woman lived in a house at the end of a jetty. She knitted socks in blue and green wool, to sell to sailors who

A lonely woman tames a wicked pirate and they live happily ever after.

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First He Gave Her A Wicked Kiss . . . Azure-eyed Alanis was by far the most exquisite treasure ever claimed by the black pirate known as the Viper, but his moti