The Skull & Crossbone Collection
Betrayal and secrets in the age of sail. Oh yes, and pirates. Dirty, dirty pirates.
A body can get thirsty out there, sailing the briny deep, but never fear. This trio of tales is bursting with plenty of dark, juicy goodness to keep you from drying out.
Salt and scallywags. Horror and heat. Death and love and revenge.
Come get your timbers shivered.
The Skull & Crossbone Collection includes three interconnected stand-alone stories that can be read in any order:
The Devil’s Luck
Pirates don’t ask for permission.
The widow Hannah Collingwood isn’t supposed to be on this ship. The Devil’s Luck? Impossible. That would make these men …
Pirates.
And Captain Edmund Blackburn doesn’t take passengers. The quartermaster, Benjamin Till, doesn’t take orders from mortified women. Neither takes ‘No’ for an answer.
Hannah doesn’t know how much more she can take from the two men. And then the secrets begin to come out.
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The Devil’s Luck is a dark, filthy journey through the Golden Age of Piracy, where unrepentant knaves rip bodices, ruin reputations, and take total control.
The Decline and Fall of Rowland Graves
“What sort of person does these things?”
Young Doctor Rowland Graves has plans: Begin his professorship at Oxford. Marry his beloved Elinor Barlow. Begin the life he’s earned.
But someone has other plans for Rowland. Plans to destroy everything he loves. Everything he’s worked for.
He knows who they are. And he is capable of terrible things. They don’t know him at all.
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Twenty-four years before the Widow Collingwood finds herself aboard The Devil’s Luck, the villainous ship’s surgeon is still a bright young man chasing a promising future. Then something happens to him. Someone happens to him.
Follow a man’s descent into madness in this traditional Gothic horror, a romantic tragedy where no happy endings await, only innocence lost and blackened souls. A tale to read with the lights on.
The Maid and the Cook
“I’m no man’s ‘pretty girl,’ and you know it.”
Brigit O’Creagh knows her way around knives. She doesn’t know her way around men. Especially not pirates.
And now there’s this cook. John Bone. He’s not laughing. Not sneering, like all the others. He’s making her blush. She’s making him think about taking a risk.
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With the Widow Collingwood in the hands of pirates, what safety could there be for a lady’s maid, alone on a ship wretched with criminals?
Head below the decks of The Devil’s Luck for dirty pirates, peg legs, and any number of unsanitary ways to behave in a galley. Salty and sweet from stem to stern, and refreshing fun after two other dark, dramatic tales.
What Readers Are Saying:
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★★★★★
“I don’t want to gush, but… HOLY hot roses! This book is so good! I’d read her work before, but I was really stunned by the quality of the writing— it’s some of the best writing I’ve read in ANY genre. It’s well-researched, the story is compelling, the characters are terrific (I have a serious crush on Benjamin), and all of the above act as a believable backdrop for some very hot sex scenes. I was actually surprised by the sheer wealth of sex scenes, as well as the author’s ability to integrate them seamlessly into the story. It never feels unnatural.Fair warning: Do NOT try reading this at work!“
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★★★★★
“I found myself staying up WAY TOO LATE because this book is HOT. But it’s not just a bodice ripper of sexy proportions, no, each character actually has (Dare I say it about erotica?) … development! A back story! Emotions and characteristics that make you care about them! … The end is also super badass and made me want to high five my kindle. You’ll love it, I swear.”
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★★★★★
“… apart from the juicy sexytimes that I want to savour forever, we also have a feisty female lead who thank goodness isn’t a meek annoying woman (can’t stand those), a brilliantly well written plot, scary villain, and all round perfect read. I can’t imagine anyone being disappointed reading this, in fact I suspect it will become a fast favourite of anyone who loves romance, sex, adventure and great storytelling. ”
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★★★★★
“There is a tongue-in-cheek charm in most of Eris Adderly’s writing for several good reasons: she does her research, she enjoys her characters, and she allows her quirky humor to come out in the right places. … Her quality is consistent in all her works as she cares enough to do it right. I recommend this book as well as the other stories she’s written. The writing is meant to get one hot and bothered (and it did for this reader), but if you’ve an interest in using your brain as well, you are rewarded richly for giving her a try.”
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★★★★★
“Hard, hot, dirty-talking pirates with questionable morals, dark secrets and no problem sharing? Oh yeah, there’s all that AND a captivating story as well. It’s like your grandmother’s bodice ripper but with threesomes, dark moments and tattoos.”
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★★★★★
“The Devil’s Luck has everything I want in a good read, and is without question, the hottest pirate-themed book I’ve ever encountered. Eris Adderly weaves a flawless plot, complete with historically accurate facts and settings, accents, and clothing (as frustrating as all those layers are, at times!) The writing is spectacular and makes for and incredibly enjoyable read, even without all the hotness permeating every single page. Of which there is great abundance, due to the DUO of sexy pirates I’ve come to love more than is healthy or normal. … What’s more, the ending of The Devil’s Luck will leave you not with a book hangover, but with this happy glow that won’t leave you for days.”~ Myra Danvers, Author of The Last Tritan
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“Fantastic story telling and super-hawt hanky spanky – what more could a girl want?”
~ Anne A. Lois, Author of Whiskey & Rye
Note: The Skull & Crossbone stories are not tales of the polished aristocracy where lords and ladies sigh amid fine silks and glittering ballrooms. These are the stories of criminals and outcasts—filthy, ugly, bawdy … dark. Heed the warning on the map: Here be dragons. Contains non- and dubious consent, violence, and horror. Even if you don’t own a Kindle, you can get the free Kindle app for Android, Apple or PC, and enjoy dirty pirates on your phone, computer or tablet.
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