title: The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
author:  Ann Cameron 
description: "Kidnapped at the age of 11 from his home in Benin, Africa, Olaudah Equiano spent the next 11 years as a slave in England, the U.S., and the West Indies, until he was able to buy his freedom. His autobiography, published in 1789, was a bestseller in its own time. Cameron has modernized and shortened it while remaining true to the spirit of the original. It's a gripping story of adventure, betrayal, cruelty, and courage. In searing scenes, Equiano describes the savagery of his capture, the appalling conditions on the slave ship, the auction, and the forced labor. . . . Kids will read this young man's story on their own; it will also enrich curriculum units on history and on writing."<br />--Booklist, Boxed Review<br /><br />"The inspired simplicity of Cameron's adaptation quickly allows Equiano's gifted voice to establish a compelling relationship between himself and young readers. Well-sculpted with detail . . . his story is a must for multicultural or history collections."--School Library Journal<br /><br />"Readers . . . will be fascinated by the details in this account."--The Bulletin
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  Hoping to live down her family’s connections to the traitorous Jacobite cause,
  Imogen wants nothing more than a quiet life in the country. When she stumbles
  upon a wounded man, the white cockade in his coat tells her he’s a Jacobite,
  and a danger to the crown. Yet there’s something about him she can’t resist .
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  In search of a document on behalf of his powerful family, Tony is shot and
  left for dead. Secreted away to a hidden chamber, he finds himself both a
  guest and prisoner of a beautiful but mysterious woman. What she wants and who
  she serves, he cannot know. But what he does understand is the desire burning
  strongly between them. And that neither of them will be spared until their
  lust is sated.
  
  When the action moves to London, suddenly it’s Tony who has to act to save
  Imogen. Forced to become a lady in waiting to Princess Amelia, she is in peril
  from the Jacobites, who are convinced she is their salvation. Only the
  strength of Tony and Imogen’s 