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Pirates of the Narrow Seas series
ReplyDeleteBook One : The Sallee Rovers
Book Two : Men of Honor
Book Three : Iron Men
Lt. Peter Thorton of the British navy must come out gay, fight the Spanish, and survive ship to ship battles, duels, and storms at sea in his quest for true lover and honor on the narrow seas. Written by M. Kei, a tall ship sailor and and acclaimed poet. All three books are available in paperback through lulu.com/Keibooks, and are coming out as ebooks via Bristlecone Pine Press.
ROCAMORA by Donald Michael Platt
ReplyDeleteISBN 0-9787318-8-3
Poet, swordsman, and master of disguise, Vicente de Rocamora in 17th century Spain, questions the goals of the Inquisition and the brutal means used by King Philip IV and the Church to achieve them. Spain vows to eliminate the heretical influences attributed to Jews, Moors, and others who would taint the limpieza de sangre, purity of Spanish blood.
At the insistence of his family, the handsome and charismatic Vicente enters the Dominican Order and is soon thrust into the scheming political hierarchy that rules Spain.
Vicente becomes confessor to the king’s teenage sister, the Infanta Doña María, only five years younger than he, assistant to Philip’s chief minister, Olivares, and protégé of Inquisitor General Sotomayor.
Vicente is poised to attain not only the ambitious dreams of the Rocamora family but also—if named Spain’s Inquisitor General—to bring about an end to the atrocities committed in the name of the blood purity laws.
First, the resourceful young man must survive assassination attempts from a growing list of ruthless foes in both Church and court, solve a centuries-old riddle to quell rumors of his own impurity of blood, and above all, suppress his love for the seemingly unattainable Doña María.
ROCAMORA is a sweeping epic filled with richly drawn characters and many surprises for the reader.
www.donaldmichaelplatt.com
We would love to invite lovers of adventure, early exploration, and hunky male protagonists to check out our latest novel The Fairest Portion of the Globe.
ReplyDeleteOn a more dignified note, Tammy of the book review site Under a Blood Red Sky penned this in our latest review: This novel is so sweeping and grand that it’s almost impossible to describe. Hunter has done the research fully and the story reflects that, yet the storyline is never bogged down by too much information. Indeed, the characterizations of the historical figures are so vivid, so richly layered, that they literally leap off the pages while propelling this complex tale forward.
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