Spanish Jones

By Adele Cosgrove-Bray

Pirates, selkies and witches battle to survive in this dramatic short fantasy tale by Adele Cosgrove-Bray.

When Charlie Porter makes a deal with Spanish Jones, he ensnares the Porter family in a vicious centuries-long feud.

Can Charlie's descendent stop the violence?

Set on the ruggedly beautiful Hilbre Island in the Dee Estuary, history and folklore blend to create a magically atmospheric tale.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adele Cosgrove-Bray
• Release date: Oct 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466083448

Adele Cosgrove-Bray

Adele Cosgrove-Bray is a writer and artist. Her writing has been widely published traditionally in magazines and anthologies, and she has also explored self-publishing. Her Artisan-Sorcerer novels have drawn an impressive cult following. Other activities include photography, gardening and walking with her dogs through the ancient woodlands of the Wirral peninsula in England.

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SPANISH JONES

By

Adele Cosgrove-Bray

Smashwords Edition

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Spanish Jones

Copyright Adele Cosgrove-Bray, 2011.

Author's website: http://adelecosgrove-bray.blogspot.com

Smashwords Edition License Notes

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with, or if it was not purchased for your use only then you should return it to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The right of Adele Cosgrove-Bray to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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Chapter 1

Oxton Village was once one of the most affluent areas in England. Many merchants whose fortunes were made in the bustling port of Liverpool – which rivalled London in the bid to become England’s capital city – built their homes in Oxton on the Wirral peninsula, divided from Liverpool by the boundary of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia more usually known as the River Mersey.

Charles and Amelia Porter were popular guests at musical soirees and summer balls, being generous hosts themselves. They were lively and charming, and always the glass of fashion; and their beautiful daughter, Annabelle, was presumed likely to win a fine husband from amongst the sons of Oxton’s wealthy elite.

Not all wealth is gained legally or fairly, and such was the case for Charles Porter, who earned a steady sum from the manufacturing of ships’ sails. Much more lucrative, however, was Mr Porter’s illicit importation of fine wines and spirits.

Any illegal trade will inevitably bring a person into contact with strange and dubious souls, and so it came about that Charles Porter found himself shaking hands on

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Pirates, selkies and witches battle to survive in this dramatic short fantasy tale. When Charlie Porter makes a deal with Spanish Jones, he ensnares the Porter family in a vicious centuries-long feud. Can Charlie's descendent stop the violence? Set on the ruggedly beautiful Hilbre Island in the Dee Estuary, history and folklore blend to create a magically atmospheric tale.