Series: Book 2 of the Renegades of the Revolution trilogy
Author: Donna Thorland
ISBN: 978-0-451-41540-0
Publisher: New American Library an imprint of Penguin
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Trade Paperback
$15.00 U.S./$17.00 CAN.
How I read it: Trade Paperback from Publisher
Rating: 4. 5 Crowns
1775, Boston Harbor. James Sparhawk, Master and Commander in the British Navy, knows trouble when he sees it. The ship he’s boarded is carrying ammunition and gold…into a country on the knife’s edge of war. Sparhawk’s duty is clear: confiscate the cargo, impound the vessel and seize the crew. But when one of the ship’s boys turns out to be a lovely girl, with a loaded pistol and dead-shot aim, Sparhawk finds himself held hostage aboard a Rebel privateer.
Sarah Ward never set out to break the law. Before Boston became a powder keg, she was poised to escape the stigma of being a notorious pirate’s daughter by wedding Micah Wild, one of Salem’s most successful merchants. Then a Patriot mob destroyed her fortune and Wild played her false by marrying her best friend and smuggling a chest of Rebel gold aboard her family’s ship.
Now branded a pirate herself, Sarah will do what she must to secure her family’s safety and her own future. Even if that means taking part in the cat and mouse game unfolding in Boston Harbor, the desperate naval fight between British and Rebel forces for the materiel of war—and pitting herself against James Sparhawk, the one man she cannot resist. (taken from the back of the book)
Sarah Ward never set out to break the law. Before Boston became a powder keg, she was poised to escape the stigma of being a notorious pirate’s daughter by wedding Micah Wild, one of Salem’s most successful merchants. Then a Patriot mob destroyed her fortune and Wild played her false by marrying her best friend and smuggling a chest of Rebel gold aboard her family’s ship.
Now branded a pirate herself, Sarah will do what she must to secure her family’s safety and her own future. Even if that means taking part in the cat and mouse game unfolding in Boston Harbor, the desperate naval fight between British and Rebel forces for the materiel of war—and pitting herself against James Sparhawk, the one man she cannot resist. (taken from the back of the book)
The gold was Spanish,
the chest was French, the ship was American, and the captain was dead. James
Sparhawk, master and commander in the British Navy, on blockade duty patrolling
the waters north of Boston, took one look at the glittering fortune in doubloons
and swore.
He was supposed to the
thwarting smugglers. Petty criminals. Sharp traders who has weighed the risk of
prosecution against the reward of profit and decided to defy Parliament with a
cargo of outlawed goods bound for Rebel Boston. He was supposed to be
confiscating Dutch tea and French Molasses, punishing the disobedient colonists
by stopping their luxuries and cutting off their trade.
Instead, he was standing
on an American schooner, the Charming Sally, which he had chased halfway to Marblehead
and been obliged, finally, to dismast. And she was carrying one hundred fifty
tons of musket flint for ballast and a fortune in foreign gold into a country
on a knife’s edge of war. (Chapter 1)
I was hooked from the first few paragraphs.
Although the second in Donna Thorland’s Renegades of the Revolution
trilogy, The Rebel Pirate, reads as a standalone novel, which is great as I had
not read the first book.
After the Charming Sally was invaded by British naval officers, Sarah
Ward has no choice but to kidnap James Sparhawk to save her younger brother from
being pressed into service of the British Navy. As the course of book
progresses Sarah and James find themselves drawn to each other.
Filled with action, adventure, danger, smugglers, pirates, romance, history,
and swashbuckling set against the backdrop of the imminent Revolutionary War, The
Rebel Pirate is one of those books that you just cannot put down.
The characters were easy to like and they had an easiness with each
other that made them easy to read. The plot was filled with twists and turns
that had had me continuously turning the page.
Overall, I enjoyed The Rebel Pirate. It held me thoroughly captivated
and enthralled. Donna Thorland has gained a new fan and I cannot wait to read
the first book in this trilogy.
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12 comments:
I love stories set during Colonial America, but there aren't nearly enough romances - this looks fabulous!
sallans d at yahoo dot com
This looks like my kind of book!!
kimbers10[at]yahoo[dot]com
I absolutely have to have this book to read! I'm a pirate fan from way back, and this one sounds delicious. Plus, I love early American historicals, which are few and far between. So if I am not successful in the draw for this I will hie myself off to Amazon! :-) jdh2690@gmail.com
I have to read this book. I love pirate romances and early American historical romances. Thanks for the giveaway!
kscathy@yahoo.com
Wow! First time I have heard of this book and sounds great! Thanks for the giveaway!
Campbellamyd at gmail dot com
I absolutely love the sound of this book and the one before it! There are so few books about the American Revolution, and this author's writing seems to be top-notch!
Deb
dhinshaw@brooklyn.k12.ia.us
I love pirate story lines!
lag110 at mchsi dot com
would LOVE to read this!!
thank you for the giveaway!!
cyn209 at juno dot com
This is a new to me author. I enjoy stories of Colonial America which, unfortunately are too scarce. This time period is such a rich source of plot material, I am surprised there aren't more books set there. I will be looking for and reading both THE TURNCOAT and THE REBEL PIRATE. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Interesting setting
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
I love this early American setting, and I enjoyed the author's earlier book. Would love to read this one. Thanks for the giveaway.
lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com
It's been a long time since I've read a book about pirates, but this one sounds so good. I would love to read it. I really like the cover. Thanks for having the giveaway.
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