Walk the Walk

BrankoDoes Blackbeard think I will stand quietly as he sells me into slavery? He's more explosive than the firecrackers in his beard, but some fates are worse than sleeping in Davy Jones's locker. His ship blocks the harbor and plantations block my escape to the south and north but while I still breathe, I won't give up my freedom. Charles Town Harbor may be buttoned up for the night, but I plundered a neighboring sloop, which would be the perfect vessel for my getaway if it weren't for the beautiful lady chained in the hull. But don't call her that-she prefers to think of herself as a vampire. From a madman Captain to a fake vampiress, I can pick'em. Can't I?MagdaMy husband's hatred of me was a thinly veiled secret in our vampire colony. What use does a male have for a figurehead wife when he has a harem? I mean, by the crown, it's 1718! No one dared to defend me against my husband, even as he faked my death and sold my body to science-while I was still using it! I barely lived through the voyage to the New World, but did I throw my life away when I made a deal with a devil? The churlish but deliciously handsome pirate who boarded my boat released me from my chains without naming his terms…Oh, how my body heats when I imagine what he'll ask of me in return...Together, the unlikely allies run from their own forms of enslavement and gather a ragtag group of hearties along the way. Blasts from battle aren't the only explosions when attractions and emotions ignite like dynamite. Will they become slaves, corpses, lovers, or masters of their destinies?Author's note: The Walk the Walk series is a friends-to-lovers romance spanning three books. Magda's previous marriage was abusive. She needs time to recover and learn to love herself. A true slow-burning romance, Walk the Plank has a low-level yet open-door heat rating with Walk the Deck at a spicier level, and Walk the Night is a steamy read. Like all treasure hunts, plundering worthy booty takes a journey…

Branko has created a monster. Magda grows more aggressive by the day as she reclaims her inner identity. He would be proud of her if she didn't risk her life at every turn. With each ship they take over, she's first over the rail…taking his heart with her…Magda loves life on the high seas and wants to claim the treasure only piracy can bring. Why does Branko want to settle on an island when he could have riches beyond his imagination? When evidence of a treasure galleon schedule turns legend into fact, Magda divides the crew into those members who wish to chase it and those who wish to settle…with Branko.When Branko pushes his agenda, Magda must face her greatest fear or risk losing him forever. Will their opposing visions for their future tear their tenuous partnership apart, or will they find their love is worth more than gold?

BettinaWith Quartermaster Chub and his wife's counsel, I've settled into my role as a pirate queen like a guppy to the sea. I don't miss my Kraken tentacles now that I have a purpose. This crew of rag-tag misfits depends on me to keep them afloat, fed, and not swinging from a Sheriff's picture frame. Our first trip up the eastern coast of the continental colonies is honest work, but that doesn't mean a prize won't turn our heads toward the sweet trade. Once I offload the debauched satyr we're removing from Boston's high society, our crew will seek our fortunes.HybrisWhen my parents named me, they shouldn't have picked the word for overconfidence, willful arrogance, or insubordination. All I did was live up to their expectations. It's not like I steal, fistfight, or drown myself in alcohol. I'm a lover, not a fighter…which is exactly why I've been exiled from Boston. If those women prized their virginity more, they wouldn't have begged me to relieve them of it. Oh, their pretty pleas ring in my ears as my parents lecture on my responsibilities in civilized society! My ruined reputation isn't my fault, but who listens to an other? As I board the ship, I can't prove my parents hired pirates to make me disappear, but it's my gut feeling.Hybris triggers everything in Bettina's painful past, but she can't behead him as promised in her contract with his parents. The ship seems to shrink as he befriends the crew and worms his way closer to her. What will she do with the salacious satyr? Certainly not fall for his charming ways…