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An Interview with Authors from the Romance on the High Seas Box SetIf you could sail back in time, where would you go? Would you live there or just visit for a while?I’d go back to Boston in 1775 on the eve and immediate aftermath of the events of Lexington and Concord that started the American Revolution ... I’d love to meet my hero, the charismatic, handsome young Dr. Joseph Warren, the only patriot leader brave enough to stay in Boston during the fateful night of April 18/19 and thus, the man who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride. I like my modern comforts, so I think a week in the 18th century would be quite enough, though I’d take a side trip to 1798 - 1805 in order to meet my other hero, Lord Nelson! (NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Danelle Harmon)If you could be a character in Pirates of the Caribbean, what or who would it be and why?Oh, come on. I’d love to walk in Jack Sparrow’s shoes just for five minutes, because he’s some serious fun. I mean, are there any real thought processes in that head? (USA Today Bestselling Author Barbara Devlin)If you could bring one of your characters to life, which one would it be and why?Another very hard one! I think I would choose the heroine, Prudence, from Captivated by the Captain. She is a spitfire and I just know we would have a fabulous time getting in and out of trouble! (USA Today Bestselling Author Amanda Mariel)What hobbies or pastimes keep you afloat when you’re not writing?This will be my first year as a beekeeper! My daughter talked me into it, so we’re going on this adventure together. I’m only slightly terrified, now that I’ve learned more about the habits of bees and why/when they sting. Did you know that all the worker bees in the hive are all sisters or half-sisters? The males are called drones and are physically dragged out of the hive in the fall, because all they ever do is lay around and eat the food…lol! (Author Chloe Flowers)If you could meet any pirate, who would it be and why?So hard to choose! At this moment, I think I would like to meet Blackbeard. There are so many mysteries concerning him. I would like to find out the truth about a lot of it. (Author Kamery Solomon)You are forced to live on a desert island for six months. Food and bare survival equipment will be provided but that is all. You can take one person and five items to relieve the boredom and enhance the experience. Who is the person and what are the items? Why?A pencil and journal, so that I can write and/or chronicle my stay; a loaded gun for protection from scoundrels or wild beasts (assuming that didn’t come with the bare survival equipment); sunscreen and toilet paper, which are a given. I’d bring Tom Hardy. *swoon* I’m pretty sure he can relieve boredom and enhance any experience. (Author Jennifer Bray-Weber)Do you have a favorite pirate or nautical quote?“Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.” Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson (Author Katherine Bone)
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
SEVEN SWASHBUCKLING PIRATE ROMANCES BY
SEVEN PIRATE WENCHES:
Katherine Bone
Jennifer Bray-Weber
Barbara Devlin
Chloe Flowers
Danelle Harmon
Amanda Mariel
Kamery Solomon
PREPARE TO BE BOARDED.
If you love historical romance, pirates, adventure and
thrills, you'll love this 7-book set by these award winning and best selling
pirate romance authors!
The Pirate’s Debt by National
Best-selling Author Katherine
Bone:
An earl-turned pirate is
ordered by his benefactor to find an adventurous young runaway and return her
home.To do so, he must retrieve her without being discovered by the most
ruthless pirate hunter on the seas: her brother.
Dead Man’s Kiss by Award
Winning Author Jennifer
Bray-Weber:
Eight weeks. That’s all
pirate captain Valeryn Barone has to escort a tempting naturalist untouched
across the Caribbean or face the gallows. Can he resist the beauty who’s fallen
for him? Does a dead man walking even have a chance?
The Black Morass by USA
Today Bestselling Author Barbara
Devlin:
In exchange for a chance at
redemption and pardons for his crew, Jean Marc Cavalier accepts a pact that
could result in liberty or death, if only he can survive the terms, but at
least he will be free.
Pirate Heiress by Award
Winning Author Chloe Flowers:
Captain Conal O’Brien has
already lost control of his ship to the most unlikely band of pirates sailing
the seas. If he’s not careful, he’s going to lose his heart to a
notorious lady pirate determined to destroy both.
My Lady Pirate by NYTimes
Bestselling Author Danelle
Harmon:
The sea delivers a handsome
castaway to Pirate Queen Maeve Merrick’s island. But her handsome prisoner
harbors secrets dark enough to change the fates of nations and threatens their
new found love.
Captivated by the Captain by USA
Today Bestselling Author Amanda
Mariel:
What happens when an
American shipping company heiress crosses paths with a pirate? Can
two people whose life paths are at odds find common ground?
Carried Away by Kamery
Solomon:
After falling through time
and being forced to join a pirate crew, Mark Bell falls in love with his fellow
time traveler, Samantha. She's a woman he can't have, though. Will their
presence in the past alter the future they know and love?
Excerpt from The Pirate's Debt by Katherine BoneMarkwick stiffened. Blackmoor’s reasons for enlisting Markwick’s help were triggered by love for his wife. Markwick’s sense of responsibility went deeper, to a place he’d never allowed himself to go out of respect for Walsingham. While it was true that Chloe had exceeded many levels of Markwick’s patience when she was younger, since his engagement to Prudence, she’d shown herself to be intelligent, talented, loyal, and a most beloved sister and friend. She was also enamored by the Black Regent, which put his identity at even greater risk.What could he do? How far was he willing to go to bring Chloe home safe and sound?“For the duchess’s sake,” he began, “I will do my best to find Chloe. You have my word.”“Remember, her willful head is in the clouds. That, dear friend, makes her dangerous. If she spies her brother, she will most likely flee to avoid facing his ire. But if you find her . . . well, that is a trap well laid.”“Surely you place too much—”“I’ve promised my wife that you will find her before Walsingham does.”Markwick bowed. “I shall strive to earn your confidence.”He gazed at the missive in Blackmoor’s hand once more, suspecting something else was responsible for the duke’s persistence that Markwick should be the one to locate Chloe. “What’s in the letter?”Blackmoor handed him the missive, then strode to the door. “Have a care for your soul, Markwick. While the Fury demands forte, females rein a tempest of emotions sure to drown better men.”Markwick straightened. “Aye, sir,” he said, gazing down at the note.The screen door slammed. When he looked up again, Blackmoor was gone.Markwick opened the note, then leaned back on the desk. His jaw slackened at the words on the page.My dearest friend,I ask you one question: is a body unhappy about another unless she is in love? I fear we both know the answer to that now, and a gentle violence thrills my soul as I share with you that I intend to sail with the tide. I cannot face the snares and wiles of this world without love to recommend me. Therefore, I beseech you to keep my secret, for you are the only one I trust.Markwick has disappeared. As you are no longer betrothed, I am finally at liberty to confess to you that I love him. I have always loved him, and I cannot bear for him to suffer alone. Sources close to my brother inform me that a man fitting Markwick’s description has been seen in Torquay. Therefore, I’ve attained passage for myself and my maid aboard the Valerian.Do not be alarmed for my person or harden your heart against me. Dry your earnest tears. My virtuous intentions steer me toward a higher destiny.Resourcefully yours,Chloe WalsinghamMarkwick shut his gaping mouth, then crumpled the letter in his hand.It couldn’t be true. Blackmoor was right? Chloe loved him? How was that possible? Why? Until now, he had always perceived her attention as infatuation because he’d been the only man her brother allowed around her.He dropped the foolscap and swiped his fingers through his hair. If he failed to rescue Chloe from another one of her outlandish adventures, Prudence would blame him. Which meant Blackmoor would blame him. Not to mention Chloe’s brother. If Walsingham found out Markwick had known where Chloe was bound and hadn’t alerted him, the bond between friends would be severed for good, making his stint as the Black Regent even more perilous. If anything happened to her, Walsingham would not rest until Markwick was hunted down. That endangered the Regent’s whole design. And a dead Regent could not help the people of Cornwall and Devon.Markwick hopped forward and yanked open the cabin’s screen door.Pye stood there, just outside the door, waiting. “What be your orders, Cap’n?”Had Blackmoor ordered the one-legged pirate to stand there? “Notify the crew that we have a target in our sights. We make way with the tide.”“Aye, sir.” The salty pirate grinned. “As soon as I’d seen the ol’ cap’n, I knew we’d have us an adventure ahead.”
“Spare me your excitement,” Markwick grumbled. “This adventure may very well lead to my bloody end.”
Katherine Bone
National Bestselling Historical Romance Author
Katherine Bone has been passionate about history since she had the opportunity
to travel to various Army bases, castles, battlegrounds, and cathedrals as an
Army brat turned Officer's Wife. Who knew that an Army wife's passion for
romance novels would lead to pirates? Certainly not her rogue, whose Alma
Mater's adage is "Go Army. Beat Navy!" Now enjoying the best of both
worlds, Katherine lives with her rogue in the south where she writes about
rogues, rebels and rakes, aka pirates, spies, the Royal Navy, and duty, honor,
and country and the happily ever afters every alpha male and lady deserve.
As an Army wife raising four children, romance helped
Katherine weather loneliness. Now she hopes to pay it forward, to ease readers’
burdens by taking them on a swashbuckling, adventurous voyage into historical
romance and beyond.
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Chloe Flowers
A Parrothead at heart, Chloe’s love for pirates began
with Peter Pan and continued with Pirates of the Caribbean and ghost stories
about pirates from the Outer Banks. She listens to Celtic music while she
writes. When life gets too serious, she reads Calvin and Hobbes comics. She
lives in Ohio with her tall, dark and handsome husband, three children and two
rambunctious dogs, Indiana and Luke, who are named after her two favorite
action heroes.
Descended from a family of cooks and gourmet chefs,
Chloe is a true foodie and along with working for fortune 500 companies in
marketing and teaching MBA students strategic marketing, she also ran a gourmet
cookie company. Cooking for a crowd runs in the blood, so her fridge is always
full. She deals with stress by baking pies (just ask her college roommates what
it was like for them around exam time).
Her idea of a perfect day? Sailing on the Caribbean
with her family, sun in her face and wind at her back, and finishing the day in
the kitchen making a fab gourmet meal and sipping a glass of wine.
The Pirates & Petticoats Series is about
spunky heroines and the scoundrels who love them.
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Jennifer Bray-Weber
Award-winning author Jennifer Bray-Weber is a proud
native Texan. She is a married domestic goddess/beach bum with two beautiful
daughters. Holding two degrees, one is Music and Video Business, the other in
Liberal Arts, she has been able to express her creative thinking through
countless questionable, often hilarious, life experiences.
Her interests include writing, reading, traveling
(what she likes to call "research"), horseback riding, scrapbooking,
shopping, relaxing at the beach, and dares.
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Barbara Devlin
USA Today bestselling, Amazon All-Star author Barbara
Devlin was born a storyteller, but it was a weeklong vacation to Bethany Beach,
DE that forever changed her life. The little house her parents rented had a
collection of books by Kathleen Woodiwiss, which exposed Barbara to the world
of romance, and Shanna remains a personal favorite. Barbara writes heartfelt
historical romances that feature flawed heroes who may know how to seduce a
woman but know nothing of marriage. And she prefers feisty but smart heroines
who sometimes save the hero, before they find their happily ever after.
Barbara earned an MA in English and continued a course
of study for a Doctorate in Literature and Rhetoric. She happily considered
herself an exceedingly eccentric English professor, until success in Indie
publishing lured her into writing, full-time, featuring her fictional
knighthood, the Brethren of the Coast.
Danelle Harmon
First published in 1991, New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author Danelle Harmon has written sixteen books, with many distributed
in various languages throughout the world. She and her family make their home
in New England with a menagerie including four dogs, an Egyptian Arabian horse,
and pet chickens.
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Amanda Mariel
USA Today Bestselling author Amanda Mariel dreams of
days gone by when life moved at a slower pace. She enjoys taking pen to paper
and exploring historical time periods through her imagination and the written
word. When she is not writing she can be found reading, crocheting, traveling,
practicing her photography skills, or spending time with her family.
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Kamery Solomon
Kamery is not the person who grew up dreaming of the
day that she would clutch her very own novel to her chest, tears brimming over
the rims of her eyes as she thought about how she'd written it herself,
finally! In fact, anything remotely like that didn't even happen until she was
actually holding her first book in her hand, amazed that she'd written it and
wondering how on Earth she'd managed to do it when it hadn't ever occurred to
her to write one until months before. Surprisingly, though, it was just what
she never realized she loved doing.
When starting out in life, Kamery had (and still has)
big dreams to perform on Broadway. She loves music and acting very much, while
she and dance have a love/hate relationship; she would love to do it and every
form of dance decides it hates that about her, haha! The one constant she
always had between the performing world and the book world were the stories,
tales that transported her to other worlds and made her feel like she really
could do anything. Finally, she decided she wanted to do that for someone else
and sat down to write.
It's been a few years since she held that first book,
realizing that she really liked writing and wanted to do more, but the love
that blossomed in that moment has only grown. Currently, Kamery works from home
in Arizona, while taking care of her two adorable kids, a girl and a boy, and
talking her sweet husband Jake's ear off about the insane amount of characters
in her head who are ready to fight to the death for a chance at their own
novels. It truly is a wonderful life!
It’s a Treasure Hunt!
Grand prize: Kindle Fire, carrying case, $20 Amazon
gift card, wine charms, coasters, a Root candle, Pirate bandana, playing cards,
autographed copies of pirate romances by the authors of the boxed set, and
other booty! Valued at $175
Runner up Prize: Various signed books, $20 Amazon Gift
Card and some nautical fun pirate booty!
To WIN THE GRAND PRIZE: Read the
short 200 word story. One line of the story will be revealed on the Romance
on the High Seas page on each blog on the tour. At the end of the tour,
simply answer the question: “What
started it all?”
Find links to all the blogs HERE!
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