Georgianna was the daughter of Imogene, the only woman whose beauty couldrival her own, the woman who dared to love the fearless pirate renowned as"the best blade in the Caribbean." She was Fate's plaything, scorned whenpeople thought her only a bondswoman's niece, courted as if she were aprincess when Fortune made her a potential heiress. Then hounded intoheadlong flight when she lost her inheritance. And so we begin her story.