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10 Pirate Romances for Talk Like a Pirate Day
Steele by Carrie Vaughn
When Jill, a competitive high school fencer, goes with her family on vacation to the Bahamas, she is magically transported, mid-voyage to an eighteenth-century pirate ship.
The Notorious Lady Anne by Sharon Cullen
Captain Nicholas Addison has agreed to take Mrs. Emmaline Sutherland across the Atlantic, but when the ship is attacked by pirates, the seemingly innocent passenger is revealed to be none other than the infamous marauder Lady Anne.
Seduced by a Pirate by Eloisa James
Sir Griffin Barry is back in England to claim the wife he hasn't seen since their wedding day . . . but this is one treasure that will not be so easy to capture.
Pleasing the Pirate by Sharon Cullen
Mairi McFadden is desperate to free her brother from imprisonment. Her only hope is the pirate Phin Lockwood, but the he laughs at her meager funds. His roving eyes, however, tell Mairi there’s something else he’ll take in exchange for her brother’s rescue.
To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker
A seventeen-year-old finds herself aboard a pirate ship where a dark-eyed pirate in search of buried treasure may just steal her heart.
A Pirate's Love by Johanna Lindsey
Sailing to fulfill the promise of a prearranged marriage, the notorious Captain Tristan's pirate ship appears on the horizon and changes our heroine’s fate.
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
Peter Blood, a physician, barely escapes the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels. Blood flees England and becomes enslaved. When he escapes, no ship is safe from Blood and his companions.
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier, Julie Myerson
Lady Dona St. Columb revolts against her high society life and rides out into the countryside to escape. She meets a French pirate and together they embark on a dangerous quest that will call for Dona to make unthinkable choice.
The Windflower by Laura London, Tom Curtis, Sharon Curtis
Merry Wilding is a lady of good breeding, purity, and great beauty. She sets sail from New York to England and is mistakenly taken aboard and pirate ship with a nasty crew save for one terribly handsome pirate.
Blow me Down by Katie MacAlister
Sworn enemies in the Internet virtual reality game "Buckling Swashes"—Amy, a financial analyst, and Corbin, the game’s creator, must come together to foil a plot concocted by a gaming rival.
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