Unlikely Master Genius

By Carla Kelly

Book Overview

Sailing Master Able Six, Royal Navy, is a man like no other. To call him a mere polymath is to sell him short. Someone with his extraordinary gifts should rise to the top, unless it is the 1800s, where pedigree and money govern Regency society, as sure as Napoleon seeks world domination. A bastard raised in a Scottish workhouse with nothing in his favor except his amazing mind, Able must navigate life ashore on half-pay during the uneasy Truce of Amiens, and find a way to provide for his charming bride Meridee Bonfort, a gentlewoman to be sure, but lacking a dowry. Assisted by two sea captains acquainted with his startling abilities, Able finds himself teaching mathematics and seamanship at St. Brendan the Navigator School, which is itself an experiment, taking boys like Able from workhouses and training them to serve the fleet in wartime. Meridee has agreed to invite four lads who need extra attention into their home in raffish, unsavory Portsmouth. Calling themselves the Gunwharf Rats, these St. Brendan lads show promise in an unpromising world. Can a sailing master-turned-teacher uncover their potential? Can Meridee find a way to nurture young hearts bruised too soon by life? What will happen when war breaks out again? And what is it about Able Six, the unlikely master genius? Volume One: The St. Brendan Series.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684921074
• ISBN13: 9781684921072
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Camel Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great start to an unforgettable series

Wonderful story, unforgettable characters with enough adventure and romance to capture one's heart.

Is remembering everything a gift or a curse?

"The Unlikely Master Genius" by Carla Kelly 2018 Volume One in the St. Brendan Series Able Six was on half-pay from the Navy during the time of the Truce of Amiens. He took a position of teaching two sons of a country Vicar who was too busy to continue with his son's lessons. There he met the love of his life, Meridee Bonfort. After knowing her for only a month, he married her. Meridee saw something amazing in Able when he was visiting her brother who was as attorney. She saw his eyes scanning all the book titles behind her brother. She later found that he had memorized all of them. Whatever he read, he remembered. Whatever he experienced, her remembered. She knew in her heart that he needed her. Able got a position of teaching at St. Brendan the Navigator School. This school was an experiment in taking in boys who came from workhouses. They then trained them to serve in the fleet. Meridee and Able were asked to take in four of the younger boys who needed extra attention but it wasn't only the boys who needed the extra attention but Able when the war broke out again. Very different but great story. Happy Reading! ReadingGenie