Timeless Treasure — M.L. Tyndall / MaryLu Tyndall

A love story that spans the ages...A woman with a past searching for pirate treasureA pious professor seeking worldly recognitionAnd an historic pirate who brings them together.MaryLu Tyndall is a master at romance and pirate adventures...and Timeless Treasure is all that and more! In split-time fashion, you'll get to fall in love with two heroes, one a roguish and often misguided pirate, the other a history professor who is absolutely swoon worthy. Do yourself a favor and escape to the wild seas and haunting city of Charleston. Truly a read you won't want to miss! -Michelle Griep, Amazon bestselling author of The House at the End of the Moor The only thing Lexie's mother left her after her death was a folder full of ancient letters and an old coin. Determined to remove the curse of poverty and crime from her family's past, Lexie sets off to Charleston, S.C. to find the mythical treasure of Stede Bonnet. Professor Barret Johnson represents everything Lexie hates. Born to wealth and privilege, Barret's family are pillars of the community, successful, educated, Christians who never suffered a day in their lives. Yet she has no choice but to allow him to help her decipher the letters.As the couple read each letter, we are transported into the past where we follow the adventures of Stede Bonnet from his start in Barbados, through each success and failure, and his eventual connection with Blackbeard himself. Lexie discovers a kindred spirit in her ancestor, Bonnet, and lessons learned from the past soon drift into the present. But someone is after the letters, and soon Barret and Lexie find themselves in grave danger. They must figure out the puzzle Bonnet left them and retrieve the treasure before whoever is after them gets desperate enough to end their lives.