The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawton

Some stories are meant to be read with the sound of the sea in the background. This is one of them.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia comes a sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who dared to stand against the might of the Elizabethan regime.

Grace was born to be at sea. Raised alongside her brother by her father, chief of clan O’Malley, she learns early that her dreams of the open water don’t fit the quiet life expected of a nobleman’s daughter. But Grace has never been one to sit quietly. When she’s married off to the wrong man, her world shifts—and so does her course.

What follows is a life lived fully and fiercely. Family and love. Pirate raids and shifting territories. And the growing shadow of English incursion threatening everything she holds dear.

Ariel Lawhon writes with a tenderness that catches you off guard, then knocks the wind clean out of you. The natural beauty of sixteenth-century Ireland lives on these pages, right alongside the brutality of the age—all seen through the eyes of a heroine you won’t soon forget.

This one’s for readers who love their historical fiction bold, salty, and a little bit dangerous.

Pour a cup of something warm, find a seat by the window, and let the tide carry you off. We think you’ll find yourself lingering here long after the last page.

Come find it waiting on our shelves.

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