I was given a copy of "Second On The Right" by author Elizabeth Los in exchange for an honest review. Also, I'm participating in the virtual book tour hosted by www.myaddictionisreading.com.

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In "Second On The Right," we are introduced to James Robert Benedict. He's reluctantly getting ready to board a cruise ship. His family has been after him to meet someone and settle down. After many failed attempts of blind dates, the felt that he might meet his future wife on a cruise.

Eileen Davis is also getting ready to take a vacation of a lifetime. She's won a cruise in a drawing and she is now ready to get away from everything that has been bringing her down. She has let so many people walk over her, take advantage of her generosity and her relationship just ended. This is going to be a perfect opportunity to find herself and start a new life focusing on her wants and desires.

James is standing all of sudden sets his sights on the crowd of people boarding the ship when he spies this beautiful woman approaching. As she is rushing past him, she suddenly stops. It's at this moment that James decides to step up and seize this moment. He speaks to her. Only problem is that his words aren't coming out correctly. Everything he says is not what he wants. It's like he has lost control over his mouth.

Eileen is taken aback by the fact that he is even speaking to her. She finds him attractive, but it's unbelievable that a man a good-looking as him would even speak to her. However, she feels herself drawn to him for some reason or other...hmmm?

It's when the two get an opportunity to meet after the safety instructions that James decides that it's now or never with this woman. Trying to carry on a conversation, he can't get his words to come out right again! Only thing that he knows is that he wants to meet this woman and get to know her.

When Eileen seeks refuge in her cabin, a chain of events begin to cause her question her sanity. As she is sleeping, a storm blows in. The engines on the ship stop working. Eileen has forgotten to lock her sliding glass door on her balcony and has now been thrust into the ocean to perish. It's when she awakens in the ocean, she realizes she isn't wearing her bed-clothes. Wearing 1600 clothing, a jacket, pants and shirt, she can't figure out what in the world is going on. It's when a wooden ancient looking ship approaches that she starts to question what is going on. Once on the ship, Captain Robert James Benedict starts to interrogate her and how she ended up floating out in the middle of the water.

While on Mistral Thief, she learns that she has went back in time to 1641. Captain Benedict has been told by a witch that he will find a woman who lead him to many hidden treasures. Taking this information into account, he begins to realize that Eileen is said woman. Once he has her in his quarters, he tries to figure out what she knows and how to extract the hidden treasure information. Only problem is, she doesn't know.

It's only through time on the Mistral Thief that Eileen starts to forge a friendship with all her shipmates. She has been tasked with many chores. She has to earn her keep in order to stay on the ship. Days turn into months and she realizes that she isn't going to be going back to her own time. The only thing that she knows to do is start creating a new Eileen that will become a stronger and more powerful woman.

In the meantime in 2001, James has his own issues. Someone has vandalized his business and has started creating havoc. A black circle has been painted on walls. Things have been destroyed. He has to try to figure out what is going on with his business as well as how to deal with Eileen Davis.

Back in 1641, Eileen is learning what it takes to be a pirate. She has learned all about plundering, life on a ship, now she is learning all about the men that have become her friends and mentors. It's Benedict that she starts to develop a strong friendship with. Only problem is, Eileen doesn't have the same romantic feelings for him.

Captain Benedict soon discovers that what he has been seeking from Eileen isn't actual treasure, but love. Only problem is that she doesn't feel the same way. It's when she tells him how she has traveled back in time he realizes that she needs to go to her time.

When Eileen wakes up from what she thinks is a dream, time hasn't elapsed at all. Where she has spent months at sea, it's only been hours in 2001. Knowing that she has a date with James, she sees that the evening part has been changed from 80's themed to Pirate themed. Taking this in stride, she goes on her date with her Pirate James Benedict.

Eileen and James develop a relationship through this cruise and soon they are inseparable, with the exception of work. With him in England and she in America, they travel frequently to spend time with each other. James convinces Eileen that she needs to go back to medical school and finish her degree and become a doctor.

With such a successful life ahead of them, things take a drastic turn when a stranger is found on the streets dead. When he finally comes too in the hospital, Eileen and the stranger discover that it's Captain Robert James Benedict. He has somehow traveled forward in time and has come to seek her out and bring her back with him.

It's the love that she has for James that destroys all hope for the Captain. James discovers that what Eileen had been telling him about her dreams of being a pirate in 1641 was actually true. Not only has the love of his life actually time traveled, he know is looking eye to eye with a distant relative of his.

It's this chain of events that starts to bring tragedy to Eileen and James. The attacks on his company have now started to become more aggressive. Someone is now attacking Eileen as well. It's only when they have a child that things really go wrong.

Trying to escape the mysterious person who is trying to kidnap their son Robert, do they find out that this person is actually a child. He has the ability to fly, he possess a magical ability to move like no other, plus he has this evil to him that he will kill whoever is in his way. His name is Peter Pan!

It's now up to James and Captain Benedict to help save Eileen and his son. Only problem is, how is James and the Captain going to get to the island of Neverland? Plus are the ever going to figure out a way to destroy Pan before he destroys their family?

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I was a lover of the story "Peter Pan" when I was a child. For some reason, I always loved Captain Hook. Granted he was the bad guy in the story, I was drawn to him. I never did trust Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. I always felt that there was something wrong with how Pan always whisked kids away to Neverland and kept them in his hideout.

Now with "Second To The Right" I get to see Pan for who he actually is, an evil person that feeds off the soul and emotions of the boys he kidnaps. I loved how Captain Hook is not made out to be the actual villain. This story brought joy to the kid in me to find that someone else felt the same about Pan as I did.

This isn't a story for younger audiences, there is just too much violence involved. However, the adults that once loved the fairy tale will fall in love with this twisted version. It was a breath of fresh air to read an excellent re-write to a classic tale. ( )