Mercy's Ransom — Sandra Leigh

Margaret Taft is the silver-haired captain's mistress who desperately needs rescuing. ‘Mad' Jack Wyndlam is the one man capable of doing that, but his interest is only in pirate's gold. Silver meets gold, spinning a legendary tale unlike any heard before on the high seas. Margaret Taft has a fantastic secret. Pale of hair and skin with a silvery voice to match she has endured life as the ill-used mistress of British Navy Captain Ambrose Price. The only way she can return home is to find a magical pearl stolen by the pirates aboard the Mercy's Ransom. When she meets the man with the golden aura, she knows he is the only man who could save her. Trouble is: will she be able to let him go? ‘Handsome' Jack is a gentleman pirate just looking for a fight. Thrown off his own ship by a treacherous hand, he is seeking a ship to bear him on a bloody mission of revenge. Then he comes face to face with a silvery woman offering him everything: escape from the noose, a ship, plus the sunken treasure of the fabled Ana Maria Salvador. All he has to do is find her one solitary grey pearl. It sounds so simple. But he never bargained for the feelings she drew from him as easily as breathing. He never counted on being unwilling to let her go. In the end, he knew it was more than his honor at stake. It was his soul.