ON HOLD!
"Why am I here?" I ask in a whisper, too scared to make the slightest squeak of my voice heard. I wince at the fast movement of his beautiful face coming into view, I feel his warm, soft finger tips under my chin, forcing me to look at him. "You want to know why you're here?" he asks with a harsh tone, I nod quickly, "You're here because, you are mine." he states, then shoves me harshly against the cold concrete floor and stomps away.
Venny Martínez is a 18-year-old girl who has just moved to Florida for a new start with her best friend Hanlie Scott. They start their new life, finding jobs, new furniture and maybe even cute boys. Leaving her family was a very hard decision for her, but she wanted a new start to everything. Venny finds herself in a sticky situation once she met Cameron.
Hanlie Scott is a 17-year-old girl trying to start a new life with her best friend Venny Martínez. Hanlie wants to find love in her new city, and wasn't able to find it in New York. Venny is the first important person in her life after her parents passed away in a car crash. Being an only child can be rough at times as Hanlie usually tells herself.
Cameron Hayes is a 21-year-old man working with the baddest mafia gang out there in Florida. Wanting to be leader, his duty is to find a women to marry him, or so he thinks. He finds himself looking for one girl that will marry him, one girl that will make him leader. Will he ever find, the one?
Saving the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, catapults Jessica Red into a sea of magic, jewel heists, and world-saving adventure.
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After years of watching pirates fighting with the king's navy off the coast of Harvest Island, Jessica Red saves the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, and the two become fast friends. Little does she know, Ruben Kirk is only the first of three rookie pirates she'll meet during a whirlwind of sea-faring adventures - but when Jessica learns the corrupt King Mordred has plans to destroy her island home, can she convince them to help her save it?
("The Rookie Pirates" is Book 1 in "The Adventures of Jessica Red" trilogy.)
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