The Rebel Pirate, Donna Thorland
The Rebel Pirate, Donna Thorland
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The Rebel Pirate
Renegades of the Revolution

Author: Donna Thorland

Narrator: Angela Brazil

Unabridged: 12 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2014

Synopsis

Boston Harbor, 1775. 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 marrying 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 mat├®riel of war—and pitting herself against James Sparhawk, the one man she cannot resist.

About Donna Thorland

Donna Thorland graduated from Yale with a degree in classics and art history. She managed architecture and interpretation at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, for several years then earned an MFA in film production from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Thorland has been a Disney / ABC Television Writing Fellow, a WGA Writer’s Access Project honoree, and has written for the television shows Cupid and Tron: Uprising. The director of several award-winning short films, her most recent project aired on WNET Channel 13. Her fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.

About Angela Brazil

Angela Brazil is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator and a professional actor who is proud to be a long-standing member of the Resident Acting Company at Trinity Repertory Company. She also teaches at the Brown/Trinity Conservatory.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane

Where I got the book: ARC provided by the publisher. This review first appeared on the Historical Novel Society website and in the May 2014 issue of the Historical Novels Review. Donna Thorland’s latest novel, like her debut The Turncoat, tackles the complex loyalties and shifting allegiances of the......more

Goodreads review by Amalia

Okay, so, I blew through this whole book in one day because I could not bring myself to put it down, once I started. Sarah is FANTASTIC, strong and brave and determinedly loyal, and Sparhawk is everything you want him to be to match her -- but even more lovely, the rest of Sarah's "family" leap off......more

Goodreads review by Vicki

The Rebel Pirate, the second book in Donna Thorland’s excellent Renegades of the Revolution series, opens in 1775, near Boston. James Sparhawk, Master and Commander in the British Navy, has just commandeered and boarded a ship that is carrying ammunition and gold. With a country on the brink of rebe......more

Quotes

“A fast-paced, soundly researched historical intrigue with vivid characters and sharp writing, The Rebel Pirate is a compelling read.” Madeline Hunter, New York Times bestselling author

“The Rebel Pirate is a quick-paced tale, complete with smuggling, suspense, rebellion, and too many wonderful swashbuckling moments to count. Thorland pens an intriguing slant on the American Revolution as her characters’ shifting loyalties and the changing tides of war keep readers invested in the story—cheering the hero and heroine on as they are caught in a wildly exciting cat-and-mouse game where history is a key character and the adventures keep coming.” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars)

“In a novel that seethes with conflict, intrigue, and romance, Thorland brings to life the tumultuous age of redcoats and rebels through her exquisite use of historical detail…If you’re a reader who enjoys immersion in another place and time, or if you’re simply looking for a riveting page-turner, you can’t miss with The Rebel Pirate.” Amy Belding Brown. author of Mr. Emerson’s Wife

“We enjoyed The Rebel Pirate immensely. It is a great read with all the joy of wonderful historical detail and surprising plot twists. Thumbs up from us!” Tom and Sharon Curtis, writing as Laura London, author of The Windflower

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