Born as the result of a torrid affair, Anne Cormac is raised by a father who doesn't want her, and in a world that won't accept her. Rebellious and angry, Anne flees her father's home and runs into the arms of James Bonny, a small-time pirate. But James proves to be as problematic as Anne's father. Stuck, yet again, by a man who refuses to accept who she is, Anne stumbles across the path of the notorious pirate captain, Jack Rackham: a man who will change her life forever. As Anne struggles to figure out who she truly is, one of Britain's most successful privateers, Woodes Rogers, begins his quest to rid Nassau of the pirates for good.Soon, Anne finds herself facing the British Empire head-on in a battle, not only for freedom for the pirates of Nassau, but for her very life.