When Molly Bishop flees Barbados in the late 1780s, the last thing she expects is to begin life anew with a criminal – much less the infamous Captain Thomas Crowe. 

On the high seas, far from her old life and even farther from England and her Uncle Samuel’s farm, Molly learns more than just the way of outcasts. Captain Crowe keeps secrets – many secrets – and possesses an extraordinary ring crafted by Molly’s father – a man she thought to be long gone. Life on the fringes of civilization offers something forbidden and exciting to Molly, and when Thomas’s secrets are revealed, she is immersed in a world of magic and myth more real and much greater than she could have ever imagined.

A Pirate’s Charm is the first novel of the Lore trilogy.  

About the author

Chad T. Douglas was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in 1989. His first novel, A Pirate's Charm, came to mind when he was a junior in high school. When he started college in 2008, he entered as an Architectural Design major, leaving the program in less than two weeks and immediately becoming an English major. One year later, in love with English and writing, Douglas began work on self-publishing the first instalment of his historical fiction and fantasy trilogy. In 2010, he published the second novel in the Lore trilogy, titled East and Eight. The third instalment – The Old World – was released in  2011. The Lore series has received honours in the 2011 New York Book Festival Book Contest, the 2012 Los Angeles Book Festival Book Contest, and the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.