Drawn together by a shared desire for freedom, but kept apart by Teach’s father, their love is as passionate as it is forbidden.

How will she ever achieve her dream of sailing to Curaçao-her mother’s birthplace-when she’s trapped in England?įrom the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Lonely days stretch into weeks and Anne longs to escape the confines of her now mundane life. Though she’s barely worked a day in her life, Anne takes a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. There’s just one problem: he must convince his father to let him leave and never come back.įollowing the death of her parents, Anne Barrett is left penniless. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high society he was born into, all Teach wants is to return to the vast ocean he calls home. When Edward “Teach” Drummond, son of one of Bristol’s richest merchants, returns home from a year at sea, he finds his life in shambles. She is the author of Blackhearts and Blacksouls.In this stunningly creative debut “filled with well-drawn characters…and smoldering passion,” ( Booklist) Nicole Castroman reimagines the origins of history’s most infamous pirate-Blackbeard. One is the country near the Black Sea the other is the state of Georgia where she currently lives with her husband and children. Nicole Castroman received her BA from Brigham Young University and has lived in Germany, Austria, and two different places called Georgia.

It’s a mission that will test their love, loyalty, and devotion, forcing them down a path neither one could have ever imagined. Life and death hang in the balance when Teach and Anne are given a dangerous mission. Soon, Anne discovers that the man entrusted to keep the peace is quite possibly the most treacherous of them all-and he just happens to hold Teach’s fate in his terrifying hands.

But lawless criminals, corrupt politics, and dangerous intentions fill the crowded streets of this Caribbean port. Sailing on the same blue waters, Anne barely avoids the Spanish attack, making it safely to Nassau. Mutiny is a capital offense and Teach knows it could cost him his life, but he believes it worth the risk in order to save his crew from the attacking Spanish ships. Synopsis: Nicole Castroman brings the dangerous pirate ports of the Caribbean to life in this vibrant sequel to Blackhearts-the reimagined origin story of history’s most infamous pirate, Blackbeard.Įdward “Teach” Drummond is setting sail to the Caribbean as first mate on the most celebrated merchant ship in the British fleet-until he rebels against his captain.

Blackhearts by nicole castroman