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When Is a Pirate Romance NOT a Pirate Romance? By Anna Campbell

When the hero is actually a gallant captain of the Royal Navy, that’s when.

Hi Rae! Thanks so much for having me as your guest today to talk about this year’s Christmas novella. This is the fourth year I’ve written a story specially for the festive season—they’re always such fun, and this one is my Christmassiest yet!

The problem for Rory Beaton, the hero of A Pirate for Christmas, is that when he unexpectedly becomes Earl of Channing, everyone in the tiny, isolated village of Penton Wyck is convinced of his buccaneering past. Including the lovely vicar’s daughter Bess Farrar, the woman he wants to make his countess.

I’ve read a lot of pirate romances in my time—back in the 1970s and 1980s they were a staple of the romance genre, and you can still find plenty now if you know where to look—and I thought with this latest story, I’d have a little bit of fun with this particular trope. I hope you have fun too as poor Rory is saddled with an undeserved reputation as the dread pirate earl of Penton Abbey.

Here’s the blurb:

Pursued by the pirate…

Bess Farrar might be an innocent village miss, but she knows enough about the world to doubt Lord Channing’s motives when he kisses her the very day they meet. After all, local gossip insists that before this dashing rake became an earl, he sailed the Seven Seas as a ruthless pirate.

Bewitched by the vicar’s daughter… Until he unexpectedly inherits a title, staunchly honorable Scotsman Rory Beaton has devoted his adventurous life to the Royal Navy. But he sets his course for tempestuous new waters when he meets lovely, sparkling Bess Farrar. Now this daring mariner will do whatever it takes to convince the spirited lassie to launch herself into his arms and set sail into the sunset.

A Christmas marked by mayhem.

Wooing his vivacious lady, the new Earl of Channing finds himself embroiled with matchmaking villagers, an eccentric vicar, mistaken identities, a snowstorm, scandal, and a rascally donkey. Life at sea was never this exciting. The gallant naval captain’s first landlocked Christmas promises hijinks, danger, and passion – and a breathtaking chance to win the love of a lifetime.

A Pirate for Christmas is out 1st November and is only 99 cents on Kindle. You can read an excerpt on my website here: https://annacampbell.com/books-2/novellas/pirate-christmas/

I not only enjoy writing Christmas romances, I love to read them too. There’s such a lovely warm feeling in a good Christmas story, isn’t there? Any recommendations for favorite seasonal romances? I’m ready to pack my Kindle with tales of goodwill to all men and kissing under the mistletoe!

A Pirate for Christmas isn’t out for another week or so, but I’d like to offer two people who comment today Kindle downloads of the first Dashing Widows novella, The Seduction of Lord Stone. Good luck!

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ICYMI:

Coffee With Anna

Three Proposals and A Scandal Sons of Sin Novella

A Scoundrel by Moonlight

Her Christmas Earl

The Seduction of Lord Stone

What A Duke Dares

Author Info:

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ANNA CAMPBELL has written ten multi award-winning historical romances for Grand Central Publishing and Avon HarperCollins and her work is published in sixteen languages. Anna is currently engaged in writing the “Sons of Sin” series, which started in 2012 with SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROGUE’S BED. Look out for book 4, A SCOUNDREL BY MOONLIGHT, in April 2015. Anna lives on the beautiful east coast of Australia where she writes full-time.

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