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Schemes Amongst Thieves

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Parts 24
Time 5h 3m

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After the heroine adventures of A Hidden Queen, Joe Cater finds herself into another tailspin of emotions and adventure. It has been a little over 5 years since Charlie and Josephine took over the captaining of The Cyclone.  The couple have been on the move constantly, not willing to settle in one place for fear of being found. James assumes Josephine is dead and gone and that is how she wants to keep it. With no sigh of the Commodore, Joe has relaxed slightly, thinking they are in the clear and free to live a happy life. While on a small island, circumstance immediately change. Joe is thrown into the mix of a viscous plot between two men, who would watch the world burn for their own amusement. With her family in danger, Joe has to make some hard and drastic decisions to keep them safe. She has to suddenly contend with someone she thought she'd never see again, a new foe she wished to never meet, and the abuse that goes along with it. Caught between a rock and a hard place, she tries to figure out how to survive in a situation that may very well end with her death. Read the latest adventure of Joe Carter in Schemes Amongst Thieves.All Rights Reserved

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