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zlib_text: REBEL DREAMS
  
  Patricia Rice
  
  ![](Images/image00206.jpeg)
  
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  Book View Café Edition  
  February 3, 2015  
  ISBN: 978-1-61138-460-4  
  Copyright © 1991 Patricia Rice
  
  Chapter 1
  
   _July 1765_
  
  Alexander Hampton, heir presumptive to the Earl of Cranville, pulled his snowy
  cravat loose and propped his buckled shoes on the sea captain’s table in an
  unlordly manner. Pouring a tumbler of rum from the bottle at his side, he
  regarded his companion with sardonic amusement.
  
  “An old smuggler like you dares to lecture me on right and wrong? For shame,
  Jack. Hypocrisy is as hazardous a fault as theft.”
  
  Uncomfortable in a proper captain’s uniform, former smuggler Jack Ruggles
  shrugged off his braided coat. Once in shirtsleeves like his employer, he
  settled down for a long bout of drinking. “Smugglin’s for them that got no
  better. You’re a rich man now. You got no reason to risk yourself or your
  partners.”
  
  Alex quit smiling as he sipped his drink and 