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The Runaway Girl: A gripping, emotional historical romance aboard the Titanic Kindle Edition

by Jina Bacarr (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Two women hold the keys to his heart. Only one will survive that fateful night...

When Ava O’Reilly is wrongly accused of stealing from her employer, she has no option but to flee Ireland. The law is after her, and she has only one chance at escape - the Titanic.

Aboard the ship of dreams, she runs straight into the arms of Captain 'Buck' Blackthorn, a dashing gentleman gambler who promises to be her protector. He is intrigued by her Irish beauty and manages to disguise her as the maid of his good friend, the lovely Countess of Marbury. Little does he realise, that the Countess is also in love with him.

As the fateful night approaches, tragedy strikes further when Ava is separated from Buck, and must make a daring choice that will change her life forever...

A sweeping, emotional historical romance set aboard the Titanic, perfect for fans of Gill Paul and Suzanne Goldring.

This is a revised and fully updated edition of a novel previously published as Titanic Rhapsody.

What readers are saying about The Runaway Girl:

'A fantastic Titanic take woven in with a great portrayal of love, friendship, and even forgiveness. I would have rather seen this as a movie than the Jack and Rose story!!!'

'Oh how I adored this story... From start to finish I was enchanted with the story and the characters and all the finer details describing the ship, clothes and scenery.'
'A breathtaking romance that is sure to stay with you long after reading'

'Perfect for historical fiction and romance fans.'
'A mesmerizing romance that is sure to sweep you off your feet and take you away to another place, another time.'

'A fabulous book you won't want to miss'

'You will start to love the favorable characters and the great storyline'

'I was enchanted with the story'

'Oh how I adored this story'

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Hello to my readers and welcome to a time long ago!

When I was a little girl, my nose was always in a book, taking me to faraway places. French châteaux, English Gothic mansions. Portraits of ladies in stiff, ivory-colored crinolines and worn satin slippers. I wondered what it was like to walk in those slippers when they were new.

I wanted to find out so I traveled far and wide, visiting countless museums, palaces, historical landmarks, soaking up the past so I could create that world of long ago but make it fresh and new, as if you were there now.

I write historicals filled with adventure, glamour, and romance. And most of all, family. My heroines love adventure, but they know there’s nothing more important than to have someone to come home to.

I love writing about strong, powerful women who defy the standard of their time and fight for justice and equality and won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, especially when it comes to saving those they love.

I hope you’ll join me on my journey.

Jina


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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B082TQ46XT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boldwood Books; Large type / Large print edition (March 17, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 17, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1031 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1838893717

Best Sellers Rank: #484,933 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #573 in Marriage & Divorce Fiction
- #1,975 in Holiday Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,616 in U.S. Historical Fiction

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Jina Bacarr
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CHRISTMAS ONCE AND AGAIN
WW 2 time travel romance
Boldwood Books
A woman goes back to 1943 to save the man she loves from being killed on a secret mission in France gone wrong during the war.
All she wants for Christmas is to save the man she loves
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I love time travel.
I'm thrilled my Civil War Time Travel Romance, LOVE ME FOREVER, is a Kindle Scout Winner. Thank you to everyone who nominated my book. And thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy. I love to hear from readers, so please stop by my blog at http://jinabacarr.wordpress.com
No one will ever forget the war between the North and South. I wanted to write a story about family...and how the war between the states shaped the lives of two women.
I love family gatherings. Storytelling is at its best in my Irish family. Oh, the tales I've heard over the years...
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The Blonde Samurai is a Romantic Times February 2010 Top Pick! 4 1/2 star review
The Blonde Samurai is a 2010 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award nominee in Erotic Romance.
Cleopatra's Perfume is a 2009 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award nominee in Erotic Fiction.
I love to travel, indulge in dark chocolate truffles and spend rainy days in museums.
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Jina Bacarr
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Historical author for Boldwood Books
SISTERS AT WAR -- Paris WW2 two sisters at war with the Nazis... and each other.
THE ORPHANS OF BERLIN -- WW2 Paris and Berlin and Kindertransport
THE LOST GIRL IN PARIS -- WW2 Paris, perfume and passion
THE RESISTANCE GIRL -- WW2 French cinema star with a secret
THE RUNAWAY GIRL -- Irish girl runs away from the law and escapes aboard the Titanic
CHRISTMAS ONCE AGAIN -- time travel to1943 US home front -- writer goes back in time to save man she loves
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I love to travel, indulge in dark chocolate truffles and spend rainy days in museums. I adore Paris and I'm also a Titanic enthusiast.
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Crystal E. Rose

My daughter is 11y/o and likes this book

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2020

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My daughter has not read the whole book yet but likes it. She likes the romance part. She is not much of a reader and I always see this book in her hands.

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Julie

A sweeping romantic read

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2020

A sweeping historical romantic read rich in atmosphere, emotion and intensity, Jina Bacarr’s The Runaway Girl is a heart-warming and intriguing tale that is absolutely perfect for curling up with on a cold afternoon.

Ava O’Reilly has been wrongfully accused of stealing and she does not know what to do. With so much stacked against her and nobody to turn to, Ava must think fast if she does not want to end up falling foul of the law. Aware that her cries of innocence would fall on deaf ears and that nobody would ever believe that she wasn’t a thief, Ava realises that the only option available to her is to flee Ireland and hope to start afresh elsewhere. Luck seems to be on her side when she grasps her first chance at escape – and ends up boarding the ill-fated ship of dreams, the Titanic. Will Ava end up leaping from the frying pan into the fire? Will her decision to seek sanctuary on the Titanic end up being the biggest mistake of her life? Or will fate continue to work in mysterious ways?

When she runs into dashing gentleman gambler Captain Buck Blackthorn, it looks like for the first time in ages, the odds might well end up being stacked in her favour. Buck promises to protect her and to keep her safe from danger and with the assistance of his good friend, the Countess of Marbury manages to secure her a ‘job’ as her maid. Buck had been intrigued and attracted to the fiery Irish beauty from the very first moment he clapped eyes on her, yet little does he realise that there is somebody very close to home who is head over heels in love with him: the Countess of Marbury herself…

When tragedy strikes on that ill-fated night that changes the lives of the passengers aboard this ship of dreams forever, a terrified Ava ends up losing sight of her protector Buck and is forced to make a devastating decision that will shake the rocky foundations of her existence once more. Will Ava and Buck ever be reunited? Or has fate torn them asunder for good?

Jina Bacarr is a master storyteller who has written an evocative and enthralling historical tale spiced with heart-breaking intensity, nail-biting emotional drama, poignant romance and pulse-racing intrigue. The Runaway Girl is a tale of second chances, cruel twists of fate, healing from the past, vanquishing old ghosts and finding the courage to start over that features brilliantly realised characters that leap off the pages and come alive from the moment they make their first appearance in the novel.

A talented writer with an ability to make the past come to glorious life, Jina Bacarr is a writer to watch out for and one whose books have gone straight to top of my auto-buy list.

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Clare Roden (Clare & Lou's Mad About Books)

Wonderful story!

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2020

As a reader I have always loved the idea of two people meeting and falling in love whilst traveling upon the Titanic, and while Titanic was a real life tragedy, I feel that even though this story is a fictional one, it helps to pay homage to those that lost their lives on that fateful night as they will never be forgotten.

The Runaway Girl was such a wonderful story, it gave a snapshot of the time period showing the divide between the classes, and of it's characters as they travelled upon the luxury liner. Ava and Buck's whirlwind romance and first meeting was told with the daily happenings aboard ship as it sailed on to meet its watery grave and how the survivors carried on in the aftermath of such a tragedy.
Their romance was so heartwarming and certainly captured my imagination. While the plot takes many a twist and turn the writing was very good and so detailed that it felt like it was all so believable, and could really have happened. This was my first book to have read by this author but she managed to take me on an epic journey with her characters which I totally fell in love with. I loved, loved this book so much!!!

The Runaway Girl is a mesmerizing romance that any reader (like me) that loves all things Titanic will adore.

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Élodie Nicoli

A tale of new beginnings

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020

Would a poor Irish girl on the run get a future with an impoverished lord when tragic circumstances bring them together before tearing them apart...

I confess while reading the various scenes set during the sinking of the ship, I have the movie in mind, imagining Buck in the corridors then low levels trying to rescue the girls or the lifeboats rowing away from the disaster, surrounded by the many bodies of the ones left behind to die.

Buck and Ava gave themselves a merry chase, each going after the other to better avoid the other party right after, both blind to their own feelings when others could only witness how deep their sentiments have taken hold of them.
Ava is an obstinate and stubborn young woman, she has a knack to run in problems and hold her tongue. And by infuriating the wrong woman, she put her living and freedom in danger.
Still, she struggles to keep her temper in check, even when she is fully aware she should. Lucky her, she faces Buck and no one else.
So when fate intervenes and opens up a whole new future, she is lost, what counts more wealth or love.
Buck has always seen himself as unworthy, of good birth but not on the right order. So he takes what life has to offer and without engagement he enjoys it with own means.
So when, for once he meets a young woman who makes him rethink everything, but he even when he acknowledges to himself his feelings for her, he does not see how he would be able to support a wife when he struggles himself with his own living.

This is a slow burn romance where the main couple plays hot and cold with one another, unable to stay away but also not able to be together. I was often upset at them for being the cause of their own heartaches.
Luckily for them, others will take matter in hands.
4 stars.

I was granted an advance copy by the publisher Boldwood Books, here is my true and unbiased opinion.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2020

I have always been fascinated with Titanic stories, and I loved Jina Bacarr’s last book, Christmas Once Again/Her Lost Love, so The Runaway Girl was an easy sell for me. Jina has a way of sweeping you off to a different time and land. In this story we meet Ava, who is written so beautifully it’s hard to choose what I loved most about this book; the setting, the characters, the love story. It is all there.

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2020

An entertaining and well written romance. Good plot with well crafted characters. I received an arc from the publisher and this is my unbiased review.

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Isabelle D

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Reviewed in France on June 22, 2021

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This is described as a "Titanic love story" and it is, but the story starts before Ava boards the ship and doesn't end as soon as you might expect. The "love" part does start aboard, but the way Ava ends up there is not devoid of suspense (she obviously must be able to get on the ship because that's what the plot requires, but how?). As for the sinking part... There's great tension in those chapters. If you've read historical facts or even just seen the 1997 Titanic movie, you know at least partly how it all happened, but experiencing it through the points of view of characters who obviously have no idea if any of them is going to survive makes it new again and you might even forget, at times, that at least one obviously will live long enough to fill the many pages left in the book. I also really enjoyed reading the chapters set in New York afterwards (which is all I can say without revealing too much).

Booklover BEV

A real tearjecker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2020

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Oh Gosh!! What a beautiful love story.
I was in floods of tears throughout parts of this book.
1912 County Cork Ireland Cameron Bally manor house.
Ava O'Reilly is accused of stealing, working as a housemaid along side her sister Mary, she hates Lady Olivia,she would be sacked and sent to prison.
She has savings and flees from the house on plans to sail to America and heads to Queenstown southern Ireland its final stop to board The Titanic the unsinkable bound for New York.
Scottish Lord James Blackthorn (Buck), Countess Fiona Winston- Hale and her fiance Treyton Brady are on board and the green eyes red hair irish girl has captured Bucks heart and on the voyage becomes the countess lady's maid.
What lies ahead for the romance is yet to be told.
Tragedy strikes the titanic that changes everything, my heart was in my mouth, I felt myself reaching out to the characters, tissues are most definitely needed, I couldn't fault any of this book. Survivors with a story to tell that touch you.
This is Ava's story that in many year's in her old age that will be told, the poor girl from Ireland, a powerful and inspired read that I will most highly recommend to reader's.

DJW reader

A story transporting you back to the tragic Titanic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2020

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I enjoyed this feasible tale about a girl whose life gets changed completely after events that happened as the Titanic went down.
It is a lovely poignant love story that was totally unexpected for Ava, a poor young Irish girl who boarded the ill fated ship, with high hopes of bettering herself.

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