THE BRINE PRINCE

Bridgerton meets OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH in this queer historical YA romp set aboard a pirate ship.

Kit Davenport is impulsive, headstrong, a little too sure of himself, and desperate to get out from under his father's thumb. Oh, he's also the son of a Viscount, and days away from marrying a future marchioness. But Kit doesn't want to marry and become trapped in his father's world of white wigs, dull dinner parties, and odious meetings in the House of Lords. The day after his rehearsal dinner, a string of dubious choices lands him on the crew of Captain Reggie Sharpe's galleon, the Deliverance. There's just one problem: Kit has no idea they're pirates. PS: Kit can't swim. Katie Abdou lives in historical Massachusetts with her four cats. She primarily writes historical Young Adult books, leaning into fantasy and adventure more than anything else. Her dream is for her books to be a safe place for teens and young adults to find representation and to experience trauma, hardship, romance, and adventure through her characters without ever putting themselves at risk. Katie has been vocal on social media about her experience with infertility, and was even invited by NBC to write a personal essay for the Today Show on the matter.