The Pirate's Bastard — Laura Spanton Wharton

Nominated for the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, The Pirate's Bastard is the tale of Edward Marshall, bastard child of the notorious pirate Stede Bonnet. Only one other person in the 1700s New World's North Carolina knows who his parents are, and Edward means to keep it that way. As a young man intent on building his own life and future, he encounters his father's boatswain who knows his secret and threatens to share it unless Edward does his bidding. Blackmail, a battle at sea, and pirate tales await!