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Katie Abdou

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🇵🇸 || BLM || Queer♠️ || Arab Italian || Grieving mom || A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES coming to port summer 2026 || rep: @KeirAlekseii

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · May 7

Okay, I'll play!

A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES

An entirely true account of 18th century piracy in which everything is totally made up.
- or -
How I cleverly became a pirate by accident.

Maybe add it on Goodreads? www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

#questpit #P #AG #YA #LGBT

An image of an 18th century seaport with text over that says: "A Reader's Guide to A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES, by: Katie Abdou - Coming to Port Summer 2026"

A faded image of a seaside town with artwork by Tasia MS of two men--a brown-skinned pirate captain with dark brown locks and a charming smile, and a bronze-skinned gentleman in blue finery looking at him with admiration.

The text says "Back Cover Blurb

Kit Davenport is in trouble—not that this would surprise anyone who knows him. Headstrong, reckless, and utterly unsuited for the stodgy House of Lords, Kit has spent years dodging his father’s stern disapproval and delighting in clandestine rendezvous. But time is running out. With an arranged marriage looming and the confines of white wigs and stiff decorum closing in, Kit is desperate to escape a life that feels completely wrong for him.

His solution? A wildly impulsive decision that lands him aboard the Deliverance, a galleon captained by the infuriatingly charismatic Reggie Sharpe. With a devil-may-care attitude and a delicious grin, Captain Sharpe commands the waves with his crew of misfits . . . who all turn out to be pirates. Before Kit can say “wrong ship,” he’s trading ballroom etiquette for rum-soaked camaraderie, explosive gunfights, and, perhaps most excitingly, heart-stopping kisses under the stars.

But life at sea holds just as many secrets as treasures. And when Kit’s past catches up with him, he’ll have to decide who he truly wants to be: a gentleman, or a pirate?"

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He bumps his nose against mine, and I know without him saying a word that he’s waiting for my permission. I could cry. Perhaps I do. My whole face is so hot I’m not sure I could tell either way, but I can’t bring myself to speak, so I nod and bring my hand up to rest on his neck, just under his ear where I might brush my thumb along the stubble at his jaw.

And then our mouths collide, and I am lost in him. It isn’t a slow, gentle kiss like the first time I kissed Katherine. It’s fierce, and intense, and wonderful. For a moment, I imagine this is exactly how it feels to be drawn into the ocean by a siren’s kiss and drowned as they steal the breath from your body.

When we finally break away, we are both panting. He presses his jaw to my temple and holds me tight to his body, his fingers massaging at that tender spot on the back of my neck in a protective, possessive way. I know in this moment I would give myself to him without hesitation, and without regret."

A faded image of a seaside town with text that says "If you liked these...
1. Our Flag Means Death
2. A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
3. Treasure Planet

Then Add A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES on Goodreads today!"

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 11d

I would just like to say... rhyming "obvious" with "deserve to live" was a bold fuckin' move.

And has no business going as hard as it does. 😂

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 12d

Congratulations!!

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 13d

Please do, it's what the people want! 😂

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kamilah cole @wordsiren.bsky.social · 14d

this might flop, but so be it!

if you are an author (pubbed or not!) who has a question about publishing/ career/market/ANYTHING, comment and ask! i'll answer the best i can :)

note: my opinions are not law or The Only Way, i'm just trying to help

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 14d

😂 @featherfully.bsky.social we need you to be more clear about the contents of this email!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 14d

It's a real mystery!! My editor is being very vague here 😭

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 14d

IS THAT A COVER IN MY INBOX!? ‼️🏴‍☠️

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 15d

😭😭😭❤️

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 15d

I am tired 😂 but very happy

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 15d

And that's a wrap!!! The re-write of THE DAFFODIL WITCH, the first book I ever wrote is done! It feels so weird to not have to sit down and get like 5,000 words in tonight.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 17d

Happy birthday to my all-time favorite character (even since childhood), Bilbo Baggins!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 17d

Ahhh thank you so much!! 🥹

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 18d

Ever since getting this necklace, I have connected with so many other Arabs. As a white-passing Arab, it's hard for me to make connections with people who share my heritage, because I don't "look" Arab. This small thing has opened so many conversations, which leads to understanding, and I love that.

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 19d

😭😭😭 I appreciate you.

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 22d

🥳🥳🥳

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 22d

Thank you!! It was a wild ride 😂

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 24d

I appreciate my editors more than ever right now for keeping me extremely busy this month, so I don't have a chance to dwell on the shitstorm happening in this country.

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 27d

It really was!! When you texted me "do you have a minute for a phone call?" I panicked 😂

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 27d

Thank you!! 🥹🥹🥹

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 27d

One year ago today, @keiralekseii.bsky.social sent my little pirate book out on submission. Just 7 hours later, @featherfully.bsky.social replied to that email to let us know she was offering on it.

And in just 9 months, A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES will be on shelves!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

A Prince Among Pirates

Kit Davenport is in trouble—not that this would surpris…

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Alma K. Rowan @almakrowan.bsky.social · 27d

Might not be posting much these days, but there's something VERY exciting I'm working on behind the scenes... 🥰
@kaitlynabdou.com might be involved 👀

A work in progress of multiple flat-colored stickers of characters from Katie Abdou's new novel, "A Prince Among Pirates".

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 27d

🥹🥹🥹 I MIGHT JUST BE!!

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 29d

😂 Andrew Garfield's full body turn toward Auntie Julia has me in tears every time.

Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · Sep 8

😂♡