Gunpowder and Smoke
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Last published Sun, Aug 27, 2017
On the hunt for the truth, Callista Hunt must navigate the dangerous waters of pirates, the Royal Navy, and love. Searching for treasure in any form it comes in, Callista meets the most feared and cunning pirate to sail the seven seas, and an adventure of epic proportions comes their way, and fast. The tests and trials that will befall their voyage are wrought with danger, darkness and desire, can Callista navigate her way through with the hindering help of the man that makes her feel things she shouldn't and find out the truth about the worst day of her life or will she be shipwrecked?
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