Thorn of the Rose — Sandra Davidson

Disguised as a pirate, Airanna flees Queen Bess's court and sails to the isle of Devil's Harp, where her husband, Robert Warwick of Everly, is being held captive. It was her own wild scheme to avenge the death of her mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, that imperiled him in the first place. Now Arianna must match wits with the most infamous privateer of all time in a daring plot to rescue Robert, regain his tender trust, and return to English shores with the man she loves more passionately than life itself.