Today, I am happy to host Amy Maroney and her latest release, The Pirate’s Physician, as part of her tour with the Coffee Pot Book Club.
I have enjoyed several of Amy’s books, which was why I immediately downloaded my own copy of her latest. Did I enjoy it? Well, there is a review further down :)
But first, the blurb!
When her world shatters, she dares to trust a pirate. Will she survive what comes next?
The Pirate’s Physician is the story of Giuliana Rinaldi, a student at Salerno’s famed medieval medical school, whose lifelong dream of becoming a physician crumbles when her uncle and mentor dies suddenly.
Faced with an unwanted marriage to a ruthless merchant, Giuliana enlists the help of a Basque pirate and flees home for the dangers of the open sea.
Will she make it to Genoa, where her only remaining relative awaits? Or will this impulsive decision seal her own doom?
A delightful seafaring adventure packed with romance and intrigue, The Pirate’s Physician is a companion novella to the award-winning Sea and Stone Chronicles series of historical novels by Amy Maroney: Island of Gold, Sea of Shadows, and The Queen’s Scribe.
Buy Link: https://mybook.to/PiratesPhysician
Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? So let’s leap forward to my review!
Over the last few years, I’ve enjoyed several of Ms Maroney’s excellent novels—and especially those set in the Mediterranean during the 15th century. Ms Maroney has a distinct voice and the ability to immediately hook my interest—two pages in and I really, really want to know what will happen to Giuliana, presently studying at the famous Salerno School of Medicine to become a physician.
Obviously, life will take a number of surprising turns for our heroine, which is how she finds herself aboard a Basque ship captained by the handsome if somewhat intimidating Eneko. Together with her loyal—if far too talkative—servant Rosetta, Giuliana is plunged from one adventure to the next, all the while attempting to hide from a most unwanted betrothed.
A fast-paced story and engaging characters combined with vivid descriptions and a lacing of enough historical details to firmly anchor the story in the past, all of this delivered in a flowing prose—what more can one want? Warmly recommended, especially because Ms Maroney, yet again, highlights the fact that women in the past were not always relegated to the role of wife and mother. Many, like Giuliana, aspired to more—and achieved it!
Author Bio: Amy Maroney lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, and spent many years as a writer and editor of nonfiction before turning her hand to historical fiction.
Amy is the author of the Miramonde Series, a trilogy about a Renaissance-era female artist and the modern-day scholar on her trail. Amy’s new series, Sea and Stone Chronicles, features strong, talented women seeking their fortunes in the medieval Mediterranean.
To receive a free prequel novella to the Miramonde Series, join Amy Maroney’s readers’ group at www.amymaroney.com.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.amymaroney.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/wilaroney
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amymaroneyauthor/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymaroneywrites/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/amyloveshistory/
Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/amy-maroney
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Amy-Maroney/author/B01LYHPXEO
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15831603.Amy_Maroney
Thank you so much for hosting Amy Maroney today, and for sharing your lovely review of her fabulous story, The Pirate’s Physician.
Take care,
Cathie xx
The Coffee Pot Book Club
Thanks so much for hosting my book today, Anna, and for the lovely review! I’m so glad you enjoyed the tale. All my best, Amy
My pleasure!