Mistress of Colby's Heart

Christine Young

Aug 2026 · Rogue Phoenix Press

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Lexi Stone is floundering despite the fact she is a rich debutante whose reputation as a flirtatious woman who would put herself out for men…any man, means she is constantly pursued. When she is publicly jilted, she decides to make it known to one and all she doesn’t care. When she shows up at the duke’s ball with a wetted down gown, all hell breaks loose. Her antics get her trundled off to jail. Her stepfather decides enough is enough then cuts her off and sends her to a small village in the far northern reaches of Scotland to learn responsibility running an archaic fisherman’s pub in Kirkwall.

Lexi hasn’t been in Kirkwall more than a few minutes when she meets big, arrogant sea captain Colby Gray who believes she won’t last the night in the upstairs room over the tavern. So what if Lexi is unqualified to run the place and the thought of sleeping in a shabby room with bunk beds and mice gives her a rash? How bad could it really be? The girl is determined to show her stepfather along with the handsome, cantankerous local fisherman that she is more than a piece of fluff.

Except this is a small fishing village and everywhere she turns, she runs into Colby. The fun-loving debutante and the gruff fisherman are polar opposites. Nonetheless there is an undeniable attraction flaring between them. Lexi doesn’t want any distractions, especially feelings for a man who sails off into the North Sea for weeks at a time. As she reconnects with her past and begins to feel at home in Kirkwall, Lexi starts to wonder if the cold but glamorous life she knew in Edinburgh is what she wants. Despite her change of heart, the city is calling her name, but Colby along with this village full of memories may be holding her heart in his hand.