A smuggler with contraband in 1813 New Orleans. A pesty inspector. An interfering woman.
Jean Laffite evades authorities in this first installment in the historical fiction pirate series One Virtue and A Thousand Crimes. If you enjoy rich historical settings, headstrong characters, and witty exchanges, then you'll love this novelette series starter.
Will the adventuress be the downfall of Jean Laffite's smuggling empire?
Autorentext
Mira was born in Munich and raised in an international city in South India. For most of her career life, she worked as a project manager and translator. At university her focus was on literature and intercultural communication with the intent of becoming an author. Though it was her dream from age three, it stayed just that until she took the leap in 2018 when she published her first book.
Her writing explores intercultural psychology and the sometimes harsh realities of history in emotionally gripping stories.
Klappentext
What if you had an inner calling that went against all society expected of you?
1813
The infamous Jean Laffite roams New Orleans, the Gulf of Mexico, Barataria, the Mississipi and the Lafourche rivers. His business? Smuggling and general piracy. When Inspector Gilbert decides to tackle the smuggling affairs, Jean takes action. But then a woman interferes with his plans-even gains the favor of his crew. Will she be his downfall?
The Adventuress is the first in the historical fiction novella series One Virtue and a Thousand Crimes that features the compelling woman pirate Cosma Wolfe, Jean Laffite à la James Bond and local antagonists that meet in the sizzling historical context of the Golden Age of Piracy. If you like a pirate merger of Sherlock Holmes and Outlander, then you'll love Mira Kanehl's page-turning series.
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