#pirate books

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✨💋Friday Kiss Tag💋✨

Another week, another beautiful time to share some smooches (or writing!) 💋❤️

Here are the rules of both the Kiss Excerpt and the Non Kiss Excerpt: ✨

Rules: From your story/WIP, share a kiss. It can be any kiss, from familial pecks on the cheek, forehead kisses, platonic smooches, to full-blown makeouts. ❤️

Rules: Share a snippet of your writing!

Going to back to sail the high seas for a Peter Hart kiss, because these pirates like to smooch. A lot. 🏴‍☠️✨

“Oh? You fancy some skinny dipping, then~?” Peter chuckled.

“That, or just full nude on the beach…..” Benjamin bit his bottom lip promiscuously.

“….Ahhh, like when we—”

“—Don’t even bring it up.” Benjamin shut down Peter’s thought with a gentle chuckle.

“Right, right. Well, I’d like that, Benjamin….” Peter hummed happily, his blush grazing his cheeks as they concluded with a long-winded kiss:

“…..I’d like that a lot.”

✨Peter Hart: Available on Archive Of Our Own and Amazon Kindle eBooks 🏴‍☠️✨

Have a great weekend, and Happy Smoochin! 💫

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This is my key takeaway from the sneak peek of the first chapter of Alexandra Rowland’s upcoming queer pirate book Running Close to the Wind 😂 Cannot WAIT to read the rest of it!!

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Queer Pirate Books

In Deeper Waters; by F.T. Lukens

Running Close to the Wind; by Alexandra Rowland, coming out June 11th!

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea; by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

A Clash of Steel; by C.B. Lee

Compass Rose; Anna Burke (sci-fi)

The Abyss Surrounds Us; by Emily Skrutskie (sci-fi)

The Forever Sea; by Joshua Phillip Johnson

The Black God's Drums; by P. Djèlí Clark (scif-fi)

Peter Darling; by Austin Chant

A Song of Silver and Gold; by Mel Karibian

The Wicked Bargain; Gabe Cole Novoa

Escape to Pirate Island; by Niamh Murphy

A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes and Tea, Book 2); by Rebecca Thorne

The Unbinding of Mary Reade; by Miriam McNamara

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🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ Trans Books To Read If You Love "Our Flag Means Death" 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️

Can't get enough of Our Flag Means Death? Read some trans pirate books!

On Mar León de la Rosa's sixteenth birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical ability to manipulate fire and ice. But their magic isn't enough to reverse a wicked bargain made by their father, and now el Diablo has come to collect his payment: the soul of Mar's father and the entire crew of their ship. When Mar is miraculously rescued by the sole remaining pirate crew in the Caribbean, el Diablo returns to give them a choice: give up their soul to save their father by the harvest moon, or never see him again. The task is impossible - Mar refuses to make a bargain, and there's no way their magic is a match for el Diablo. Then Mar finds the most unlikely allies: Bas, an infuriatingly arrogant and handsome pirate - and the captain's son; and Dami, a gender-fluid demonio whose motives are never quite clear. For the first time in their life, Mar may have the courage to use their magic. It could be their only redemption - or it could mean certain death.

(The audiobook for "The Wicked Bargain" is narrated by Vico Ortiz!)

In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas. Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don’t trust, don’t stick out, and don’t feel. But on this voyage, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is headed to an arranged marriage she dreads. Flora doesn’t expect to be taken under Evelyn’s wing, and Evelyn doesn’t expect to find such a deep bond with the pirate Florian. Neither expects to fall in love. Soon the unlikely pair set in motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, double agents, and the all-encompassing Sea herself. Deftly entwining swashbuckling action and quiet magic, Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s inventive debut novel conjures a diverse cast of characters seeking mastery over their fates while searching for answers to big questions about identity, power, and love.

The Lost Boys say that Peter Pan went back to England because of Wendy Darling, but Wendy is just an old life he left behind. Neverland is his real home. So when Peter returns to it after ten years in the real world, he's surprised to find a Neverland that no longer seems to need him. The only person who truly missed Peter is Captain James Hook, who is delighted to have his old rival back. But when a new war ignites between the Lost Boys and Hook's pirates, the ensuing bloodshed becomes all too real - and Peter's rivalry with Hook starts to blur into something far more complicated, sensual, and deadly.

In the Christian Republic, homosexual people are given two choices—a camp to "fix" them, or exile to the distant islands populated by lesbians and gay men. Sixteen-year-old Jason chooses exile and expects a hardscrabble life but instead finds a thriving, supportive community. While exploring his identity as a transgender boy he also discovers adventure: kraken attacks, naval battles, a flying island built by asexual people, and a daring escape involving glow-in-the-dark paint. He also has a desperate crush on Sky, a spirited buccaneer girl, but fear keeps him from expressing his feelings. When Jason and his companions discover the Republicans are planning a war of extermination, they rally the people of the Rainbow Islands to fight back. Shy, bookish Jason will have to find his inner courage or everything and everyone he loves will be lost forever.

Book titles:

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Peter Darling by Austin Chant

Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois

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Back at it with something different today! Have some memes inspired by Alexandra Rowland's newest queer pirate novel Running Close to the Wind. I struggled keeping my composure as I put these together! 😂 Which is a very similar experience to reading the book actually.🤣 It's available for purchase (and likely upon request at your local library if it doesn't have it yet) just about anywhere but if you'd like to take a peak at before seeking it out, you can do so here:

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Avra defending his orphan gruel from a possum

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OK hear me out - why can't I find any male siren x female pirate books/fics?

Like I came across this on insta and now I need this🤭

Dm for credit/removal

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Happy talk like a pirate day! (Sept 19. 2024)

Currently reading: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

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There Is No Place For A Dandy On A Pirate Ship

Nat should be doing what dandies do best: creating fashion, trading information, working on the edges of high society to further their own aims, and flirting with scandal. Instead, they're in the bowels of a ship, captured by pirates intent on ransoming them back to their family as soon as they find out to which family they should send the letter. Unfortunately for all involved, Nat knows one thing the pirates can never be allowed to find out: They are unransomable. Their family has plenty enough money to pay any ransom, but Nat's father sent them to sea in the first place, put them in the path of these pirates, because he wanted Nat out of the way. Ransoms create scandal. Nat can't afford another

My pirate novel is now available for pre-order both in signed paperbacks from me and in unsigned regular paperback and ebooks from other retailers.

If you're looking for links, Tumblr can be tricky with those so I'm gonna throw them in a reblog but you can use my pinned post to get to my website where all the links always are.

Release Day: 23 April 2024

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EVERYONE STOP SCROLLING AND LOOK AT WHAT MY BETA READER GOT ME FOR CHRISTMAS:

This is for Peter Hart—he got me a Golden Ship Wheel Fidget Spinner. I’m—🥹

[taryo88]

No context spoilers for Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland (@ariaste), the funniest book I’ve read all year

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Back at it again in Krispy Kreme with a dumb sketch of Avra Helvaçi from Alexandra Rowland’s upcoming novel, Running Close to the Wind!

If you’re a fan of Our Flag Means Death, queer fantasy, pirates, shenanigans, or protagonists who are a hot mess that you can’t help but love, this is the book for you!

Running Close to the Wind releases on June 11th, but you can read an excerpt here!

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A pretty book amongst pretty flowers! Now that allergy season is finally over, it's a good opportunity to spend some time with nature and a good book. As long as it's not too hot that is (*sighs in 90 degree weather*). If you're looking for a summery funny book, I recommend Alexandra Rowland's hilarious pirate novel Running Close to the Wind! Follow the wonderful chaotic trio, Avra, Teveri, and Julian as they get up to equally wonderful and chaotic shenanigans involving seagulls, horny sea serpents, and a well guarded secret. And it's always a good time when chaotic pirate shenanigans are involved, yes? If you need further convincing before you seek it out, check out a snippet of it linked below! If you're looking for something different, I recommend looking into Alex's other books and novellas. Particularly A Taste of Gold and Iron, a book that has stolen my heart and I would be in desponds if I were ever get it back. Whether you pick these two or another book, I wish you happy reading and good weather!