Anna Faversham - Under a Dark Star - Worldwide reduction to 0.99 or equivalent

[Anna]

Here’s an excerpt from Under a Dark Star which is currently 0.99 until midnight on 19th April. So hurry :-)

“However,” said Daniel clasping his chin, “coming from the mainland, I doubt you could become one of them. You’d be an outsider. And if you are to challenge wreckers rather than smugglers, you are directly threatening men who clearly have no regard for taking lives. Your life will mean nothing to them.”
Karl stared at Daniel. “A ship lured onto the rocks, smashed, looted. Crew and passengers desperately struggling to the safety of the shore. Throats slit. I hear the sea ran red.”
Lucy shuddered.
Daniel glanced at his wife, her big brown eyes now staring at him; she’d been listening to every word. He looked at the parson and read his mind. Why had Karl crudely spilt the lurid details of this atrocity in front of her? Why was he always so dramatic? Then a pinpoint of light, like a star on a dark night, flashed into his blue eyes. Leaning forward he whispered, “You’ve come for more than information.”
Karl grinned. “If you and I put our energies and strengths together, we’d be a formidable force.”

And here’s what a reviewer said on Amazon UK

“I loved all the period detail (think Poldark!) and the stories of the smugglers, all totally believable and fascinating. It is an exciting story which grips you right to the end, which leaves you wanting more.”

[Anna]

Journey into a dark world where all the conflict points to one cruel and ruthless man - the Dark Star. This is the sequel to One Dark Night but stands alone.

“She uses language expertly and the result is an immersive experience for the reader. I can’t stress enough how reading this book was like gazing through a window to a bygone era filled with smugglers, scoundrels, gentlemen, and heroes.” Amazon Customer

Excerpt: Opening of chapter one

Karl Thorsen arrived, as usual, like a drum roll prior to battle.

Dismounting from his black stallion, he flung the reins around the hitching post and strode across to the open door of the early Georgian farmhouse.

“I need your help.”

“Another impossible task you wish to undertake?” Daniel Tynton dipped his head in greeting to his old foe, now promoted to almost a friend. “What is it this time?”

Karl gave him a wry smile and stamped his feet impatiently after his long, cold ride. “All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Would you agree?”

Daniel, a little taller and fairer than Karl, stood aside to allow him to enter. “A notion you have acquired from your Parliamentary friends?”
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So what does this tell you? That Karl and Daniel are no longer enemies. That Karl is still fighting fit and is now involved with Parliament in some way. That Daniel is, as ever, comfortably laid-back and used to Karl’s crusades. That two good men are about to embark on a perilous adventure.

And for only 0.99 you can go with them. ;-) I should take your rain coat if I were you.

[Anna]

"She uses language expertly and the result is an immersive experience for the reader. I can’t stress enough how reading this book was like gazing through a window to a bygone era filled with smugglers, scoundrels, gentlemen, and heroes.” Amazon Customer

Now reduced to $0.99 or worldwide equivalent at least until 20th September.

In 1823, on an island off the south coast of England, there are activities worse than smuggling and all the conflict points to one cruel and ruthless man. The women on the island call him the Dark Star.

Lieutenant Karl Thorsen enlists the help of his old enemy, reformed smuggler Daniel Tynton who infiltrates the gang to defeat the evil that brings poverty to ‘the diamond isle’. Karl is captivated by a French woman ‘owned’ by the Dark Star. The Dark Star takes his revenge.

"Think Poldark" said a UK Amazon reviewer.

Sit back, and journey into a dark world.


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