Book Info:
The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella
Genre:
Young Adult Fantasy
Publishing
Date: April 9, 2024
Synopsis:
After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of superstitious
townsfolk, Ophelia Young, a bastard child of the notorious pirate queen, is
tired of paying for the sins of her mother. Despite playing by the rules her
whole life, she’s earned nothing but spite and suspicion. So when a naval
officer saves her from the jeering crowd at her mother’s hanging, Ophelia
hatches a new hope of enlisting in the navy to escape her mother’s legacy and
redeem her own reputation for good. But Ophelia soon discovers that a life at
sea isn’t as honorable as she hoped.
Betsy Young is as different as she could be from her
half-sister Ophelia. She’s a nervous homebody who wants to keep her family safe
and longs to be in love. So naturally, she’s devastated when the son of their
family’s business partner rejects her hand in marriage and her sister joins the
navy. But when her father contracts a life-threatening illness as well, Betsy
has to bring Ophelia home to save the family business.
Unfortunately for the Young sisters, Betsy trying to get
Ophelia recalled reveals that Ophelia enlisted fraudulently under Betsy’s name,
a secret which Ophelia struggles to keep from crewmates who would kill her if
they knew she was the pirate queen’s daughter. To save Ophelia from the naval
authorities, Betsy will have to board a ship during hurricane season and brave
all the dangers of the sea to get them both home safe.
Content Warning: hanging, corporal punishments
(whipping), strangulation
Book
Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125376277
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Curse-Ophelia-Christine-Calella/dp/1645678725/
Barnes
& Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-final-curse-of-ophelia-cray-christine-calella/1143329910
IndieBound:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-final-curse-of-ophelia-cray-christine-calella/19986309
About
the Author:
When not writing, Christine Calella spends her spare time
singing showtunes in the shower, drinking more chai lattes than is strictly
necessary, and either over- or under-watering an unfortunate string of
houseplants named after sitcom characters. She has an MFA in Creative Writing
from Columbia University, and she lives in New York City.
As her romance alter ego, Madeline Bell, Christine also pens
adult rom-coms with a bookish twist. For more information, check out the Books
section, under the “By Madeline Bell” drop-down.
Author
Links:
Website: https://www.christinecalella.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ct_calella
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinecalella/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23673382
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