Karen Perkins

Look Sharpe! - A Caribbean Pirate Adventure Novella (The Valkyrie Series, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Seafaring historical adventure, perfect for fans of Julian Stockwin, Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell.

"A real adventure story, the like of which I have not read in many a year. Suspend reality, hold on & enjoy the adventure" - R.P. Smith, Amazon reviewer.

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Henry Sharpe is a recently bereaved and bankrupt English earl who travels to the Caribbean to help his uncle run his sugar plantation. When he arrives, he finds his uncle has given up on that idea to lead a more exciting life as a privateer.

With no money and no prospects, Sharpe has little choice but to join him, although he is uncomfortable with the life he is living, especially when he meets the indomitable and infamous Henry Morgan and is forced to sail under his orders.

He is more likely to rescue the doomed souls he meets than terrorise them, which leads to repeated conflict with his fellow privateers, especially when he takes the kidnapped Magdalena under his protection.

Battling ships and the Spanish fortifications protecting Porto Belo, Sharpe finds his deadliest feuds are those aboard his own ship. Trapped in the middle of the rivalry between his uncle, Captain Richard Tarr, and Captain Edward Hornigold, Sharpe makes more enemies on deck, in particular the formidable yet sly Cheval.

He is pushed to his limits as he fights for his own survival and that of the woman he loves, knowing the odds are stacked high against him.

Look Sharpe! is also available in the box set: The Valkyrie Series: The First Fleet with Ill Wind and Dead Reckoning.

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Karen Perkins grew up in and around boats and competed in her Contender dinghy, The Ride of the Valkyrie, at national and European level, taking the ladies title in both championships in 1995.

What readers say about Karen Perkins:

"Ms Perkins is a true artist of the spoken word" - Author JJ Toner

"Karen Perkins is truly a master of words, emotion, and craft" - Author Linda George

"A must read for anyone who loves stories of high adventure, privateers, and romance on the open seas" - Amazon reviewer

"Karen Perkins is a real gem of a writer!" - Amazon reviewer

"I love Karen Perkins style of writing and her connecting tales." - Amazon reviewer

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Karen Perkins
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910115176
• Artikelnr.: 47987993

Autorenporträt

Karen Perkins is the author of the Yorkshire Ghost Stories, the Pendle Witch Short Stories and the Valkyrie Series of historical nautical fiction. All of her fiction has appeared at the top of bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the top 21 in the UK Kindle Store in 2018.

Her first Yorkshire Ghost Story The Haunting Of Thores-Cross won the Silver Medal for European Fiction in the prestigious 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in New York, whilst her Valkyrie novel, Dead Reckoning, was long-listed in the 2011 Mslexia novel competition.

Originally a financial advisor, a sailing injury left Karen with a chronic pain condition which she has been battling for over twenty five years (although she did take the European ladies title despite the injury!). Writing has given her a new lease of and purpose to life, and she is currently working on a sequel to Parliament of Rooks: Haunting Brontë Country, as well as more Pendle Witch short stories.

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