My last post of June an F-ing long time ago suggests that I might be prone to laziness in the summer months. And I did  enjoy my slacker time. But Labor Day arrived and forced me to feel guilty and get my happy little self back to work. Though I would like to note that Summer isn’t officially over until the Autumnal Equinox on  Sept. 22.

So what have I been up to exactly?

At the end of June, I released The Pirate’s Jewel in e-book format with a stellar new cover by Kim Killion.

The Pirate’s Jewel is set at the start of the American Revolution and features a former pirate turned privateer, a treasure map, and a hero who falls for his enemy’s daughter.

Thanks so much to all of you who have given The Pirate and the Puritan a chance over the summer and kept it in the Amazon Top 100 for seafaring novels. I raised the price back to $2.99, (actually it used to be 3.99), but you can get it free September 18th-22.

Starting tomorrow,  Improper Pleasures will be free through Sunday Sept. 17th.  Though set in England, that book also features an American privateer hero who comes to collect a barony and estate after the war. Needless to say, it’s not nearly as simple as he hopes.

Thanks to all of you for dropping by the blog and buying my books despite my radio silence. And to all you other summer slackers out there, we still have almost a week and a half to bask in the sun!

And here is my pick for song of the summer: