Blog Tour + #Giveaway: Capturing the Captain (America Pirate Romance #1) by C.K. Brooke @authorckbrooke @yaboundtourspr

Capturing the Captain (America Pirate Romance #1)
by C.K. Brooke
Genre: Adult Historical Adventure Romance
Release Date: April 26th 2016
Limitless Publishing

Summary from Goodreads:

In 1720, it’s a pirate’s life for Abigail Clear, daughter of a notorious colonial pirate captain… 

But when a rival crew invades Abigail’s ship, she is taken prisoner. Now aboard the enemy vessel, she must contend with its formidable captain. But who is the real captive? 


Locked away in the belly of The Indomitable is no place for a woman… 

Captain James Morrow is more than displeased to discover his sole captive to be none other than an untamable young lass who will earn him no bounty. Yet if he can soften the little rogue, she just might switch her loyalties to him, and reveal the whereabouts of the infamous thief who sired her—and his stolen treasure. But two can play that game, as Abi is equally inclined to charm the dogged sailor off her father’s tail. 

Might she and Captain Morrow run the risk of falling for their own charades? 

They dance about their disguises as genuine developing emotions clash against deeper motives, and suspicion runs high. When the captain finally steals a first kiss, Abi decides it’s high time to make her escape—fleeing not only his vessel, but her fondness for the man who intends to see her father hang. 

The high seas heat up as Captain Morrow’s quest to recapture Abi is halted by her pirate father, Captain Clear. Will James succeed in pursuit of his captive love, or will his desires conspire to make him a captive himself?

*Advisory: Contains some sensual/sexual content

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The Flow of Characters Guest Post by C.K. Brooke

I’m a planner by nature. Not everything goes the way I plan, however. But prior to writing a new novel, I always sit down and outline the story from start to finish. Usually, this begins with creating character profiles (this is the fun part). I draw little sketches of their faces, experiment with different names, and create all my key players from the get-go. Their motivations (or roles in the plot) and physical appearances are all I truly begin with. Backstories and specific personalities tend to develop more in the process of writing the first draft. 

Sometimes characters surprise me. Scratch ‘sometimes’—it’s usually often! For example, while I may think I’m writing a more subdued female lead for a historical romance, when I go back and read my progress, I’m surprised by how feisty or saucy she is. Characters’ personalities tend to come out more strongly in the actual writing than they do in my head. It’s like brewing what you may expect to be an average cup of tea, then sipping it and your taste buds go ba-zing! 

With my first novel, I even had the experience of creating a despicable villain for the sake of comic relief, and then finding I was so addicted to his overbearing personality that I changed the whole story around, gave him the girl, and made him the hero…er, make that anti-hero. (Not everyone was happy with that outcome, but I am, and so was my publisher!) Case in point: while I do plan in advance, characters tend to jump of the pages to tell me who they really are, and where they really deserve to be in the story. 

When crafting a story plan, everyone who has any role to play comes to me as I outline. I don’t think I’ve ever created a list of characters first, then allocated sets of roles to them. Rather, characters are invented when there’s a need for them. Again, I take care of all of this in the outline before actually writing the novel, so that the novel-writing occurs more smoothly since I’ve already done all the thinking. My main characters, such as the primary couple, or the handful of main players, tend to come to me all at once, in the very beginning, to start the story. More secondary characters develop later, when there’s a need for them. For these folks, I keep at all times a list of names I like, as well as some “throwaway” names I’ve not used before (because once you’ve reached your dozenth or so novel, you run the risk of repeating names), and that way I can simply just pick a name from the list when a role for a new character arises. (Nothing is more frustrating than being unable to think of a good name in the middle of writing a story!) 

In conclusion, I try to plan and conjure everyone from the start, but characters will flow and unfold how they will. It’s my job to go with the flow of their choosing, and document it as best I can. *grin*

About the Author

C.K. Brooke is a 2015 Shelf Unbound Notable Indie author with a five-star rating by Readers' Favorite. She holds numerous fantasy and romance publications with 48fourteen, Limitless Publishing, and Elphame Press. Her lifelong passion is books - reading, writing, editing, publishing and blogging about them. When not blissing out in literary land, she enjoys info-tainment podcasts, singing, songwriting and playing the piano. She lives in Washington, Michigan with her husband and young son. There's tons to check out at the new CKBrooke.com, so come and see what she's up to! 

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