Captive of the Pirate King

Rebecca F. Kenney

Book 2 of Dark Rulers

Veronica, a runaway noblewoman secretly gifted with blood magic, disguises herself as a boy to survive after pirates capture her ship, hoping to find clues about her long-lost brother. Taken on as a cabin boy, she's drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and growing attraction with the ship's captain, Locke, who turns out to be the feared Pirate King himself. As their voyage carries them toward his stronghold of Ravensbeck, Veronica must decide how much of her true identity she can risk revealing without losing everything.