The Privateer — Danielle Thorne

The reign of piracy is over in the Caribbean, or so it is believed, until diamonds are discovered in Brazil. Despite the cover-up, Captain Julias Bertrand hears whispers. The Spanish guardacostas are dumping logbooks, and a new French pirate is on the prowl. Distracted by an avaricious woman he could never love, and the beautiful Kate O'Connell who doesn't need him, he tries to untangle the web of mysterious cargo someone in the New World wants to keep secret. When Bertrand's pirating past returns with the explosive force of a sweeping broadside, he finds he must sacrifice everything his respectable life has brought him in order to save what matters most.