title: Without Apology: A FAMILY CHRONICLE (Book I)
author:  Jack Dukes 
description: I was born dead but survived. I wrote this to let my descendants know their heritage. My autobiography goes until age 19. I plan to write two more books.
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  Captain Jack Ryder - The Duke’s
  
  
  Bastard
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Regency Sons
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Book One
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  # Maggi Andersen
  
  
  Captain Jack Ryder
  
  
  –The Duke’s Bastard
  
  
  Regency Sons
  
  
  Book One
  
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
  
  Copyright@2018 by Maggi Andersen
  
  
  Published by Maggi Andersen
  
  
  Book Cover Artist: Erin Dameron-Hill
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book may not be
  
  
  used or reproduced in any manner without the written permission of
  
  
  the author.
  
  
  ISBN:
  
  
  13:9780648293101
  
  
  Maggi Andersen’s
  
  
  Website:
  [http://www.maggiandersenauthor.com](http://www.maggiandersenauthor.com/)
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Chapter Two
  
  
  Chapter Three
  
  
  Chapter Four
  
  
  Chapter Five
  
  
  Chapter Six
  
  
  Chapter Seven
  
  
  Chapter Eight
  
  
  Chapter Nine
  
  
  Chapter Ten
  
  
  Chapter Eleven
  
  
  Chapter Twelve
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Thirteen
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Fourteen
  
  
  Chapter Fifteen
  
  
  Chapter Sixteen
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Seventeen
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Eighteen
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Nineteen
  
  
  Chapter Twenty
  
  
  Chapter
  
  
  Twenty-One
  
  
  Chapter
  