Some pirates steal gold. Others steal hearts.

A cursed pirate, a book–loving girl, and a fae island where happily ever after comes with a price.

Bellarose Bonnay once believed happily ever after only belonged in books.

Bellarose and the Pirate is book two in a connected fairy story world from author Carla Reighard, weaving together the threads of multiple beloved tales in a richly imagined YA fantasy series.

World turned upside-down.

Bellarose Bonnay is a former French aristocrat turned penniless orphan in bustling New Orleans. She spends her days as a maid at Rose Manor and her nights escaping into fairy tales. Her one shred of safety is Quinn, the awkward yet brilliant blacksmith. He teaches her secret swordplay and quietly dreams of a future at her side. Pirates are just the villains in other people’s stories… until the cold–eyed captain they call Falcon strides in.

Captain Jasper Falcon has survived beatings, betrayal, and mutiny to become the most notorious pirate of the Caribbean. His name inspires fear in every port. His latest goal: reach the legendary Ageless Isle, an enchanted island whispered to hold unimaginable treasure, immortality, fae magic, and mermaid–guarded waterfalls of jewels. To get there he needs a new blade, a small crew of desperate men, and something entertaining enough to distract him from the blood on his hands. He needs someone to help him forget the nightmares that no treasure has yet silenced. Bellarose is the perfect distraction.

Perfect for readers who love:

• YA fantasy romance with slow–burn tension and emotional depth
• Fairy tale retellings and mashups with fresh twists
• Swashbuckling pirate adventures with heart and humor
• Fae magic, mermaids, sea witches, leprechauns, and curses
• Themes of redemption, forgiveness, trauma healing, and second chances
• Clean (no explicit content) romantic fantasy set in a lush, historical–feeling world

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Content Warnings:

Only kisses, some innuendos to swearing, use of word, “bloody”, innuendos to inappropriate relationships (not spelled out), mentions of alcohol with typical pirate behavior, kidnapping, sleeping draft, violence with sword fighting and mutiny (Captain is murdered), some characters suffer from past child abuse,

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Captain Jasper Falcon

One of the main characters in Bellarose and the Pirate is Jasper. He’s a Captain Hook retelling, but with influences from Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, Westley from Princess Bride, and Killian Jones from the TV show Once Upon a Time. The tattoo idea came from Carla’s friend who said she would love a character who looked like Stanislav Lanevski, the actor who played Viktor Krum in Harry Potter. As an adult, he is rather muscular and full of tattoos, which is much like Jasper Falcon.

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