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...

When the main character dies in the first ten pages, where can a story go from there? Primarily: to Hell and back again. But there is a price for returning from The Road, for coming back from the dead. Olivia Claria Severus is a patrician woman in...