Annabelle Cartwright was bound for America aboard a refugee ship. Before she could make her destination she was captured by pirates. Exchanging through the hands of greedy men she is finally met with a choice that will change her life forever. Annabelle risks everything to gain her freedom and plunges into and uncertain path. Leaving one nightmare behind she struggles to decide if she made the right choice. Excerpt: Cannonballs splinter the railings of the Fortune around me as I’m stuck in place on the deck. Secretly I hope one strikes me down and takes me away from my prison. “Annabelle get down!” a crew member shouts tackling me to the deck as one of the projectiles rips through the helm along with the helmsman. The fortune veers off course and upwind. We begin losing speed fast and are sure to be in irons within moments. It’s over. We will be boarded.