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Pirate Master – at last!

Pirate Master coverI’m thrilled to announce Pirate Master is finally out in the world!

The story picks up immediately after Perry finally succumbed to his bitter enemy, the gorgeous Gabriel Quinn…

Last night was one of scorching passion, but will it last? Have Perry and Quinn finally got each other out of their systems, or will something deeper come of  their reluctant longing for each other?

Quinn has never met anyone quite like Perry, who sees him as no man ever has. But there are sinister goings-on in Port Royal, and too many secrets he can never tell—not even the man he loves.

Perry has his career to think of, and his family back in England who rely on him for support. Can he risk all for the love of a pirate?

Pirate Master will sweep you away with adventure and betrayal, dashing duels and derring-do, and the fierce passion of two men with the courage to be true to themselves.

Pirate Master, available at your favourite ebook store now.

For a sneak peek at Pirate Master, click here

Pirates of Port Royal series update

Photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash

Image courtesy of Austin Neill on Unsplash

The Pirates of Port Royal are about to set sail again!

I’m pleased to announce that, under the imprint of Sinnamon Press, all previously published novels will shortly be back on the market. Since they were taken off the shelves, I’ve been revising and editing the original works to make them even better than before.

All four books will be published in April in their brand new editions with brand new covers. For release day specials and free reads, sign up to Scribblings & Musings, my regular newsletter.

Four books? I hear you say. Does this mean there’s a brand new Pirates of Port Royal book?  Well, that’s a bit of a story…

When I received my rights back from Loose Id, I quickly republished A Summer Pursuit and The Winter Trail. However, I decided the Pirates of Port Royal series needed a closer look. Amongst other things, I wanted to better incorporate the story arc—murder and espionage in the seventeenth century Caribbean!

And those of you who know me know I feel very strongly about using American spelling and grammar in what is essentially a British story. (I really am too pedantic for my own good sometimes.)

Pirate’s Promise and The Penitent Pirate only needed a light rework, but I was never happy with the published version of The Puritan Pirate. As Keren Reed, my long-suffering editor at Loose Id, may remember! At the time, I felt the story wasn’t ready to go out, but market forces intervened, and I rushed its release.

Having the leisure of no publishing deadline, I thought I’d try to craft the book into what I originally wanted. And that was two books, because it really is two distinct stories—the story of Perry and Quinn discovering each other, and the story of Perry realising he values love more than he values his career.

I thought long and hard. I tore chapters apart and knitted them back together. I wrote substantial new material to round the manuscript out into two standalone stories. And then, I made the plunge. I split it into The Puritan Pirate and Pirate Master.

So, readers, while there’s a wodge of new chapters across both books, giving deeper insights into Perry and Quinn, Pirate Master is not a new release as such. But I’ll let you in on a not-very-well-kept secret! There is a new Pirates of Port Royal book coming soon, but more on that in another post.

As an author, I learned two lessons from this experience.

The first: Trust your instincts. I knew The Puritan Pirate wasn’t ready, but I published it anyway. I knew it needed to be two books, but I listened to well-meaning friends who said it was great the way it was.
The second: Never rush a release! You’ll always regret it, as I did.

Love’s Pursuit series republished with eXcessica Publishing

With the demise of my main publisher Loose Id, I’ve been seeking a new home for my books.

The Love’s Pursuit series is now published by eXcessica publishing with all new covers.

Click here for more information and sneak peeks!

Barn Dance Jules Radciffe

Love’s Pursuit I    Barn Dance

A Summer Pursuit Jules Radcliffe

Love’s Pursuit II         A Summer Pursuit

The Winter Trail Jules Radcliffe

Love’s Pursuit II The Winter Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

More news on the Pirates of Port Royal series soon.

Ahoy there! Update on publishing…

I’ve been asked by a few fans what’s in store for the pirates of the good ship Audacious. Be assured, I’m working on it, and I hope to have a new, full-length novel out by the end of this year. All your favourites – Perry, Quinn, and the Black Wolf – will be back, as big and bad and sexy as ever!

With the demise of Loose Id, I’ve had to consider what to do with my existing novels. The Love’s Pursuit series will be released with eXcessica Publishing in May. And…(drumroll)…they will all have beautiful new covers! I’ll be doing cover reveals in a week or two.

In the meantime, here’s a picture that’s inspiring me. Perhaps there’ll be a new series soon!

Hurricanes devastate the Caribbean

Jefferys' map of the Caribbee Isles

Jefferys’ map of the Caribbee Isles, now known as the Lesser Antilles

As my fans will know, the Pirates of Port Royal series is set in the Caribbean of the seventeenth century. My pirates stay ashore during the well known hurricane season, and I included a storm (albeit a mild one) in The Puritan Pirate.

As the events of the 2017 hurricane season unfolded, I and my family were glued to the TV, avidly searching social media as we watched the storms meander across the sea. And hurricanes do meander. For such a frightening event, they are surprisingly slow.

Harvey.

Irma.

Maria.

At no time in recorded history have three such powerful hurricanes made landfall in such rapid succession. As the years pass and climate change worsens, they will grow in severity and travel further and further north. And they will increasingly make landfall.

Sint Maarten, Barbuda, Anguilla. St Thomas and St John. Dominica, Puerto Rico.

For once in my life, and to my family’s astonishment, my geography knowledge exceeded theirs. I knew these names, these places. Through research, I had come to know and love them. And island by island, the hurricanes proceeded to take them apart.

I have named only a few of the islands that are facing an unprecedented catastrophe, from which it will likely take years to recover. While many of these islands are territories of wealthy nations, they themselves are poor, with scarce resources and, for the most part, aging infrastructure. The press has abounded with stories of various governments’ poor responses in assisting their devastated territories. Now Oxfam, a charity with decades of experience in managing catastrophic disasters, has stepped in.

Oxfam rarely responds to humanitarian emergencies in wealthy countries. But due to government apathy, the situation in Puerto Rico worsens hour by hour. Oxfam has decided to assist in the name of human decency.

Although Puerto Rico’s situation is possibly the most desperate, Oxfam is assisting other island nations as well. If you want to help the citizens of the beautiful Caribbean islands recover from this devastating storm season, you can donate to Oxfam here.

Chevaliers & Charlatans – a Scribblings & Musings exclusive

Chevaliers & Charlatans is a new series that takes place in the world of the Pirates of Port Royal. All stories are free, and exclusive to subscribers to my monthly newsletter, Scribblings & Musings.

The first story, A Chevalier in Deed, is available with the October edition. Sign up now to receive your copy!

The Caribbean, 1661
When Titus Kandel meets Sir Henry Polglase, an irrepressible

Cover of A Chevalier in Deed by Jules Radcliffe

A Chevalier in Deed, book one of the Chevaliers & Charlatans series

fire smoulders between them. But Ty belongs to another man—the repulsive Jonkheer Van Wyck.
Sir Henry swears he will rescue Ty from his master’s clutches. Ty wants to believe him, but he knows how difficult it will be to persuade Van Wyck to let him go. And then, to his delight, Sir Henry shows that he is different to other free men.
But all too soon, Ty discovers Sir Henry’s true purpose in coming to the Caribbean…

A Scoundrel in Silk, the second story, will be available in the November issue of Scribblings & Musings.