The Smuggler's Gambit
Mar 2015 · Adam Fletcher Adventure Series Book 1 · Seaport Publishing
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Port Beaufort, North Carolina - May 1765
Seventeen-year-old Adam Fletcher is no stranger to fist fights, but when he bloodies the nose of the obnoxious son of Port Beaufort’s customs agent, the local magistrate offers Adam two choices: jail or an apprenticeship.
Choosing the latter, he soon finds himself bound apprentice to a reclusive old man with a secret, colorful past. Although Adam is less than thrilled about his new situation, when he is asked to spy on his master as a suspected smuggler, he has to decide where his loyalties lie. Will he perform his civic duty to the Crown, or will he do whatever is necessary to protect the old man, possibly putting even his own family in danger?
Secrets will be revealed, loyalties will be questioned, betrayals will be uncovered, and a young man’s character will be put to the test in The Smuggler’s Gambit.
The Smuggler’s Gambit is the first book in the Adam Fletcher Adventure Series of historical fiction novels. If you like fast-moving adventures, impetuous young heroes, suspense-filled plots, and a dash of romance, then you’ll love Sara Whitford’s entertaining series!
Seventeen-year-old Adam Fletcher is no stranger to fist fights, but when he bloodies the nose of the obnoxious son of Port Beaufort’s customs agent, the local magistrate offers Adam two choices: jail or an apprenticeship.
Choosing the latter, he soon finds himself bound apprentice to a reclusive old man with a secret, colorful past. Although Adam is less than thrilled about his new situation, when he is asked to spy on his master as a suspected smuggler, he has to decide where his loyalties lie. Will he perform his civic duty to the Crown, or will he do whatever is necessary to protect the old man, possibly putting even his own family in danger?
Secrets will be revealed, loyalties will be questioned, betrayals will be uncovered, and a young man’s character will be put to the test in The Smuggler’s Gambit.
The Smuggler’s Gambit is the first book in the Adam Fletcher Adventure Series of historical fiction novels. If you like fast-moving adventures, impetuous young heroes, suspense-filled plots, and a dash of romance, then you’ll love Sara Whitford’s entertaining series!
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Lee L
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November 9, 2024
Well done YA fiction, a well crafted coming of age tale skillfully set in pre-revolutionary North Carolina. I'm far from a young A, myself, and this genre is not often to my taste but this managed to keep me reading to the end. I have no hesitation in recommending it, particularly to the younger reading audience I imagine the author had in mind.
April Chiasson
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June 14, 2023
Good plot, but such repetitive story-telling that I could easily skip pages without missing anything. Motives could be shored up, too. It read like a good teen adventure book.
Bhavana M.S.
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January 19, 2019
'The Smugglers Gambit' kept me hooked to it till the end. It will surely apeal the younger lot, teenagers perhaps. It has some good, clean and simple language. The plot is good with its twists. Surely an interesting read. 👍😃
About the author
In her Adam Fletcher Adventure Series, author Sara Whitford weaves together colonial-era tales that incorporate true life (but often little known) historical facts with stories and characters inspired by her own decades of research.
She scribbles down Adam Fletcher’s latest adventures between homeschooling her teenage son and doing endless research.
Her author website is SaraWhitford.com
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