Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

Has had some fabulous and mixed reviews from readers - 'infuriating, long-winded, yet utterly addictive and hilarious...'  'Not going to work for everyone, but if you have the right sense of humour, this is hysterical'.... 
 
A Queer Pirate Adventure
 
 Avra Helvaçi, has accidentally stolen the single most expensive secret in the world – and the only place to flee with a secret that big is the open sea. To find a buyer with deep enough pockets, Avra must work with his on-again, off-again ex, the pirate Captain Teveri az-Haffar.

Together, they will have to risk journeying to the isolated pirate republic of the Isles of Lost Souls. The only things in their way? A calculating new Arashti ambassador to the Isles; Brother Julian, a beautiful, mysterious new member of the crew with secrets of his own; and the fact that they’re sailing straight into sea serpent breeding season and almost certain doom. But if they can find a way to survive and sell the secret on the black market, they’ll all be as wealthy as kings – and, more importantly, they’ll be legends .
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 'A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp' – Freya Marske