Antonio deLaurant had always considered himself to be a perfectly normal boy, thank you very much. A normal eighteen year old in a normal society with strange friends.
But his society is nowhere near normal. In this world, you stop aging at eighteen years old. Why? To find your soulmate, of course, so that you two can grow old together.
Of course, everyone knows this. And yet there is an exception to this rule, a way out of it. If you kill your soulmate, you can potentially live forever, as long as you keep killing every soulmate you find.
And there is a boy who has the blood of countless lovers on his hands, a boy so determined to find immortality he will stop at nothing to get it, a boy called Darcy.
And now Darcy is hunting for his new soulmate, leading him right to Antonio's doorstep. It is a dangerous game he plays, and the outcome is even worse. Will Darcy and Antonio give into the ties that bind them together, or will Antonio end up dead on the floor at Darcy's feet?
It is all a question of what you would do for immortality.
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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