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Where there is gold, there is also blood.

Beset by bad luck and alone in the world, young Jamie Davis is taken in by widowed antiquities dealer, Squire Harrington. Trapped in debt, the squire decides to risk everything to find the buried treasure of the notorious pirate, Captain Charles Locke, and he and Jamie set off on a whirlwind adventure on the high seas!

Entranced by the handsome Captain Ambrose and befriended by the mysterious one-legged cook, Silas Cross, Jamie wonders if good fortune has finally smiled on him. But there is more to their hired crew than meets the eye. Jamie learns that not every cloud has a silver lining, and trust can be worth its weight in gold.

X Marks the Spot is a gay retelling of the classic tale Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is an adventure story with a happy ending, though not a romantic HEA.

This audio version includes the bonus Silver and Silk: An X Marks the Spot Erotic Short Story. It takes place between Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 but is not intended to be listened to chronologically.

The Queerly Classic Collection is a reimagining of classic stories, with an LGBTQ+ twist. They contain adult language and situations and are not intended for children.

©2023 Kit Barrie (P)2025 Kit Barrie Pirate
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From the blurb I was looking forward to this story, but as it proceeded I noticed a lack of character development and description. Everything seemed rushed and so there wasn't the time to get to know the characters, their personalities or their motivation ( apart from money)
Greg Boudreaux's narration was pretty good except for an annoying, often repeated error in the pronunciation of ' flashed, splashed, back' which were pronounced as 'flaahshed, splaahshed, and baahck'. I was really puzzled that this wasn't picked up in the proofing because it stood out like a sore thumb and detracted from the rest of his narration.
Overall, the story arc was good and it could have been fleshed out into a novel. Maybe then I would have cared about the characters.

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