Interview with Alex Beecroft and review

At least, I’ve been interviewed by the inestimable Emma Collingwood, author of ‘Lieutenant Samuel Blackwood (deceased)’ over on her blog:

(Click on the picture to get to Emma’s blog)

As a person of obvious taste, Emma says :

INTERVIEW WITH ALEX BEECROFT

I’ve had the great pleasure to talk with Alex Beecroft about her work, her plans, fanfiction and God, and I’m very happy to share this interview with you. Special thanks to Alex for putting up with me!

It was my pleasure!  It was also my great pleasure to find that she had reviewed my book, ‘Captain’s Surrender’

Says Emma:

‘Beautifully written?’ Nonsense. It’s far better than ‘beautiful’; “Captain’s Surrender” is a great novel, one of the best I’ve read in a long time. Period. There are those wonderful characterisations of Joshua Andrews and Peter Kenyon, the authentic tone and description of the settings, transporting the reader right aboard a ship of the Royal Navy in the 18h century, all those lovingly added details that give the tale a true, authentic ring.

Those facts alone would have already been enough to draw my sleeve in for this book; but on top of that, Alex Beecroft is also one of the few authors who manage to write the reader right into the story. She makes her readers watchers, observers, analysts - she makes them care about her creations. At times this becomes almost uncomfortable; one feels like an intruder, a spy on the lives of Joshua and Peter. How can it be right for us to know their feelings if they are still in the dark? A brilliantly told story; gripping, upsetting, touching, captivating.

You know, I can’t help thinking she underestimates her ability as a reviewer!  I’m not sure I can think of any way this could be better!

If you like the sound of ‘Captain’s Surrender’ after that, it’s available HERE in ebook or print from Linden Bay Romance, or HERE by ordering from Amazon.