Anything can happen. Elara is a fine example of that, a) being born the day a war began, b) losing her whole family to said war, c) almost dying multiple times from the war that rages on even as she nears her 18th birthday d) one of the people who became one of her most trusted allies betrays her and ends up being the reason all the people she cares about were killed e) he claims to love her, along with his cousin who is just as bad also liking her f) she gets shot by an arrow and hit her head, hard allowing her traitorous friend to grab her g) when she wakes up, she remembers nothing.
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Elara Ardour is anything but the adverage girl. Living in odd places in the middle of the war, never stay one place to long, training herself to become strong. Then she found the Compound. At the Compound she felt lik she truly belonged, that she could trust all of them with her life. Until her and all her close friends were sent on an important mission and were ambushed. All of her friends were killed, except one who she couldn't call a friend, he was the cause of the ambush. Then when she was about to retaliate, she was shot by an arrow and collapsed, hitting her head. When she woke up she had no idea where she was, who she was. But even before that, and now more than ever, she doesn't know WHAT she is......
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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