title: The Hard Choices
author: Betita, Maureen O.
description: New York Times Bestselling Author
  USA Today Best Selling Author
  The Hard Choices, book 5 of Forever A Pirate
  Jake and Miranda freed the Rule-Maker and now Merlin is free to guide the Society of Riders and he isn’t happy with the changes the centuries have wrought.
  The three struggle to an unsteady peace, and Miranda is called upon to face her past and the choices she once made. To revisit her greatest joy and sorrow where she discovers the past isn’t done with her yet. At least this time, Jake is at her side. From the school where Miranda learned her sexual skills, and back to the Caribbean, they stand together.
   Merlin demands she consider more, she must decide her future as a Rider of the Currents and the place Jake will continue to hold in her life. There are no easy choices.
  410 pages, approx. 139,555 words, Time Travel Paranormal Romance, Piratepunk
  Book 5 of 30 books
  *****
  “Pirates, love, magic, and the Caribbean; what more could you ask for?” ~ Paperback Dolls
  “Readers who fall under this “Caribbean Spell” will be hugely entertained!” ~ InD’Tales Magazine
  “I believe this book (A Caribbean Spell, book #1) will be the first in a series so if, like me, fall in love with Miranda, it could be a long, exciting and enjoyable affair! I, for one, can't wait for the next contribution!” Quantum Phase ~ Amazon, UK
  *****
  The Series
  Forever A Pirate
   is an exciting, mystical journey across time. These sizzling novels takes place under the Caribbean sun, surrounded by hot pirates, tall ships and cruises full of long, dark nights. This ocean is inhabited by daring pirates, a congenial populace, and magic, for good and evil. Passion lingers in the very air of this world.
  Featuring Miranda, a time traveling sexual witch, who stumbles upon this world and decides to stay after meeting Jake Reynard: dashingly clever, a pirate who dominates his profession, experienced and willing to provide Miranda with her greatest need, sensual energy.
  This is the role Jake is born for.
  This scorching relationship runs through the entire 30 volume series. Using what is unorthodox, unexpected and unknown is exactly where Jake and Miranda rise above the rest. With authentic charm and deliberate calculation, they captivate the population of the Caribbean, pirate and gentle, building a home filled with friends and allies.
  Challenged again and again, they work together to overcome and rise above the evil surrounding them. Warned that they are magnets for nefarious forces, they make their home at a nexus of magic, determined to protect what they love; friends, family, crewmates and most of all, each other.
  Sometimes the hardest enemy to defeat is within the heart of the one you love.
  *****
  Forever A Pirate – Pirates! Romance! Adventure! Oh, my!
  1)A Caribbean Spell
  2)Red Sean’s Revenge
  3)The French Gambit
  4)Magic’s Hostage
  5)The Hard Choices
  6)The Spanish Challenge
  7)The Blood Tears
  8)A Desperate Course
  9)Summoned Home
  10)The Lurking Menace
  11)Ruby
  And many, many more to come!
  By the same author:
  The Kraken’s Caribbean – A Pirate Steampunk Romance Series
  1) The Kraken’s Mirror
  2) The Chameleon Goggles
  3) The Pirate Circus
  4) The Kraken’s Promise (coming)
  *****
  Other Short Stories
  Lorelei’s Song
  No Place Like Holmes