Kit BlackOC I could smell rotting fish, the stench of rum barrels and unwashed bodies. I could also smell myself, because it had been quite a while since I had a bath. I didn't bathe much, the dirt kept me from looking like a womanOC .I was dressed like a boy because my mother has always dressed me that way to protect my chastityOC .she had contracted syphilis years before and the end was near. Either I remained a boy and signed on with one of the slave smuggling ships, or I became a doxy like my mom and likely suffer her fate.OCO In this historical romance the sea beckons Kit Black to come and find her fortune. Life at sea in the early 1800s is hazardous and treacherous with no quarter given. Life is short and without value. Only the resourceful, wary, and relentlessly strong can make and hold a place for profit and fame. Boson Books also offers Intimate Strangers Affair by Monica Danetiu-Pana. A reading sample, author bio and photo can be found at bosonbooks.com." |
Common terms and phrases
ached Ajaccio Ann Bonny Armand Dupuis Armand Etienne Dupuis Armandine arms Barataria Bay bath beautiful beneath Black Moon boatswain bodice body boots breasts breath brothel buttocks Captain cheek chemise chest closed clothes Damien damn deck doxies dress eyes face father feel feet felt fingers Gareth gave girl gold Greece grinned hair hand handsome hard head heart hell hips hurt Jean Laffite kiss Kita knew lady lashes lass laughed legs lips looked Marseilles moaned mother mouth Navy neck never night nodded oakum pirate pretty pulled Roger Royal Navy rules of engagement sail Sandrine seemed shawl ship shirt shook sighed skin smell smiled smooth sorry stared sure swallow sword syphilis tell Terry thigh things thought throat told took touched tried tugged turpentine voice walk Wardman whore woman wondered وو