Kingdom of Gold — Susan Wiggs

New World Riches -- Old World Greed

Less than a century after Columbus made his great discovery, Spain rules the seas. Tiny England, under her indomitable queen, seeks to challenge that mastery. Daredevil pirates like Sir Francis Drake and Evan Carew harry the heavily-laden Spanish treasure ships.

The pirates do not expect to encounter Annie Blythe, spirited daughter of an Englishman and a Spanish noblewoman, or Casilda the Cimaroon, whose hatred for the Spanish knows no bounds.

Battles, intrigues, heroism, treachery--and a love that transcends all loyalties -- fill the pages of KINGDOM OF GOLD