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Here’s a historical-romance/adventure novel that you won’t want to miss. It is The Privateer by Danielle Thorne, and it will be available from Awe-Struck eBooks in April of 2009. The book is currently listed on Danielle’s site with a release date of April 17, 2009. Although these genres are a little outside of my normal reading tastes, I must say I really enjoyed this book.

Danielle Thorne has an eloquent and expressive writing style that will draw you right into the book. The characters are all well-rounded and likeable. The storyline is excellent. With the historical setting the book seems true to it’s era, and there is just the right amount of adventure/suspense to keep you wondering what happens next.

This really is one book that romance/adventure readers will want in their collection. At every turning point you’ll find yourself wondering what happens next, and as you read into the novel you’ll find characters that you can both love and hate. We will be highly recommending this one upon it’s release in April.

Since I am just previewing the book at this point, I’m not going to tell you a lot about the storyline. From the authors site, it is summed up as “Julius Bertrand secretly privateers for the British Crown. The former pirate thinks a wife will complete his masquerade, until a bounty is put on his head.” With that said, I have posted a short excerpt below to give you a little taste of what you can expect from the Privateer.

We will be posting an official review of The Privateer on it’s April 17th. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed, so that you don’t miss it, and so that you won’t forget to add this one to your eBook collection.

Excerpt from The Privateer

The sun had yet to rise the morning the Specter was scheduled to depart for its routine passage. On deck a piping hurried men into formation. The harbor lay quiet, as the tide began to wash the shore.

The crew on the brigantine were solemn, a few faces morose. Smithy read over a paltry sum of charges and the cabin boy was escorted to the foremast. Given a choice, either termination of employment or the standard twelve lashes for a naval youth, McAllister had opted for the latter.

Captain Bertrand made no appearance as if this occurrence was routine, or worse, of little importance. He was not a Navy officer and the Specter was not a Navy ship. For a man with a history of defying organized services, he had acquired and applied some of the more rigid traditions of their societies. Perhaps the crew hoped a man with a past would run his ship just so, but new recruits quickly discovered Bertrand at sea was not a man of the majority.

No cries, but whimpers on the morning breeze and the sharp crack of leather. More than a few old tars knew they had done far more serious mischief under Captain Bertrand’s authority and paid nothing for it. The infraction was a ludicrous twist on the ship’s Articles of Agreement and nothing more than an excuse to publicly punish a boy for foolishness.

Although the harbor had not fully awakened, it didn’t take long for the amazing news to spread. Bertrand had never been known to use such discipline, his reputation more than enough to keep his crew in line. The tidbit traveled over the wharf, through the market, and into the morning foot traffic that meandered throughout the colony.