Captive Heart — Carolyn Keene

NANCY VISITS A TROPICAL PARADISE AND FINDS HIGH CRIME ON THE HIGH SEAS

Nancy's in Belize, on the Caribbean coast of Central America, to visit Ned on holiday--a perfect opportunity for romance. But perhaps not with each other! While tensions rise between Nancy and Ned, a different and more pressing kind of threat approaches from offshore--a gang of pirates hijacking million-dollar yachts.

Nancy's never heard of a more bizarre band of buccaneers. Setting the yacht owners adrift in fully stocked lifeboats, they also pierce the right ears of the men aboard and insert a gold earring. The pirates may not be as polite as they seem, though, as Nancy soon discovers. For not only is her relationship with Ned at risk--so is her life!