A Pirate's Primer by Jill Knowles

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Adam is a crippled man, son of an evil man who betrays the sacred oath that pirates make to the Goddess of Sea. And now the Goddess has sent her man, Captain Fox, to take hand of the matter. And Adam wants to help Jaden, cause he has read about him and his ghostly ship. And Jaden makes a pact with Adam: he will teach to the crew how to write and read and Jaden will teach to Adam how to love.

Well, the story is pretty simple and without much surprise. Jaden is not an handsome evil like some pirates I have read, instead he has an aurea of childness in him. He is gentle and friendly, he takes care of Adam. And Adam is so open and eager of love, he put no reserve when he choose to give himself to a ghost and to love a man (something he declares never has done and never has imagined was possible).

Actually it's an enjoyable reading, but maybe Jill Knowles has put not enough meat in the paranormal/horror dish (even if I'm not fond of the horror itself); and then I like a lot my pirate a little too rough and a lot more forceful... Not much historical details: I really can understand in what period it was setting, maybe after the Napoleonic War? they speak of an eight years war and Jaden is 250 years old and he was a pirate... But if you want some hot love in a bunk, it's your novel.

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Amazon Kindle: A Pirate's Primer (Chronicles of the Grey Lady 1)
Publisher: Loose Id LLC (April 10, 2007)

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Cover Art by Anne Cain