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Darlene Marshall

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born

The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.darlenemarshall.com

twitter username

DarleneMarshall

genre

Romance, Historical Fiction

influences

Sabatini, Defoe, Dunnett, Branch Cabell

member since

July 2007

About this author

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Darlene Marshall is the author of award-winning historical romance featuring pirates, privateers, smugglers and a possum or two. CASTAWAY DREAMS--on sale now!

Her books include Castaway Dreams, Sea Change, The Bride and the Buccaneer, Smuggler's Bride, Captain Sinister's Lady, and Pirate's Price .

Marshall's books are also available in German and Estonian.

Sea Change is a finalist for the Golden Quill Award. The Bride and the Buccaneer won the 2010 Beacon Award for best historical. In 2007 Marshall received the Eppie (Electronic Publishing) award twice for Best Historical Romance when Pirate's Price and Captain Sinister's Lady won in a tie. In 2006, Smuggler's Bride was a finalist in Single Title in the Lories Competition.

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Thank you, plot fairies!

I just got the idea for my ninth novel. It will have pirates in the Caribbean. Can't tell you more yet, because much of it hinges on secondary characters in my WIP (Book Seven, aka "The Hot Pirate's Secret Baby"). More on this as it develops...

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Books by Darlene Marshall

Average rating: 3.83 · 196 ratings · 47 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Sea Change 4.19 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Bride and the Buccaneer 3.71 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Pirate's Price 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Captain Sinister's Lady 3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Smuggler's Bride 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Castaway Dreams 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Castaway Dreams (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Apr 21, 2012 04:34pm

Description: A dour doc (after a fashion), a dizzy damsel (more or less), a darling (and potentially delicious)doggy. Three unlikely companions, castaway on a desert island. One may have fleas.

Sea Change (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Jun 12, 2011 11:13am

Description: Charley Alcott must survive a kidnapping, perform a surgery at sea and disguise the fact that she's a woman, and that's all on her first day aboard the privateer Fancy. Her adventure is just beginning.

The Bride and the Buccaneer (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Aug 28, 2010 02:55am

Description: Winner, 2010 Beacon Award!--Two adversaries have to team up to find a buried pirate treasure. By the end of their journey they're either going to kiss each other, kill each other, or both.

Pirate's Price (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:32pm

Description: 2007 Eppie Award for Best Historical Romance--A rollicking romance with gender bending pirates as a woman tries to get her money back from her husband, but stands in danger of losing her heart to him!

Captain Sinister's Lady (Romance)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:32pm

Description: Winner 2007 Eppie Award for Best Historical Romance! Morgan Roberts is a pirate on a mission. He's going to get married, and he's not going to let a little thing like Amanda Stephenson's scruples stop him from making her Captain Sinister's Lady

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