Sara Whitford's third-great-grandfather wrote the family's lineage in a copy of Robinson Crusoe. Adventure, literature, and history are in her blood. 

Ever since she can remember, she has been fascinated by the intriguing past of the region that has been home to her family for centuries. How could she not be, with stories of intrepid explorers, Indian kings, and ordinary Bath town boys-turned-pirates, like that notorious sea rogue known as Blackbeard? She weaves together colonial-era adventures that incorporate true life (but often little known) historical facts with stories inspired by her own decades of research.

While she has been writing non-fiction articles about eastern North Carolina for more than a decade, The Smuggler's Gambit is her first novel and also the first adventure in the Adam Fletcher series. You can visit her online at SaraWhitford.com or visit the website for the Adam Fletcher Series at AdamFletcherSeries.com