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The Delfe Treasure

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Reads 16,087
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Parts 64
Time 6h 21m

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Aldrick is obsessed with finding his grandfather's treasure. More than half a century and seventeen voyages have failed to locate his ships after they wrecked in Windward Passage, deeply-laden with pirate plunder and homeward-bound from the Caribbean in 1679.  

Elizabeth, the firstborn of Baron Leigh, was raised in Warwickshire, about as far from the sea as is possible in Britain. Recently betrothed to Aldrick, she doesn't want him to sail out of her life.


First Place Winner in Round One and Shortlisted in the Open Novella Contest  2019 and now expanded into a full-length novel.All Rights Reserved

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Zeelandia

Camille disguises herself to gain a position as the captain's cabin boy aboard a ship bound for the Caribbean in 1676. She soon discovers her natural urges, and her feelings must be expressed as a young boy looking at a father figure, not as a smitten young lady of eighteen. The first portion of this novel was named Round One Winner in the 2020 Open Novella Contest, and it was selected for the Shortlist. It has now been expanded to a full-length novel, which is complete and was selected as a Wattpad Editor's Choice and as a 2022 Ambys winner. There is also a completed sequel, and a third volume is nearing completion.