Winds of Fate [Books I-III]

PART I

A young servant girl finds freedom in the most unlikely of places.

In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, Western empires and kingdoms find themselves scant of land and have begun to lay siege on the seas. For the past centuries, the Old World has rolled out its ships and soldiers to explore the vastness of this world... and sought to conquer the New World and the East for themselves. Alliances were born. Conflicts were fanned to burning heights. Blood was shed on both the soil and the waters. 

But war breeds discontent.

The ones who dared to go against the empires they once served were branded no more as criminals, as pirates. Hostis humani generis. They are the enemies of all mankind-

And the savior of one girl.

Living in the English colony of Massachusetts Bay, Eleanore Smith is a simple young woman with simple dreams. Her lot as a lady's maid affords her freedom to live life as she pleases, but no means to do it. Until one night, when a crime sends her running away, and she seeks refuge on the nearest ship at the harbor - striking an unusual deal with pirates!

But there is more to her misfortune than what she first realized, and there is more to the mysterious but noble Captain than what he is letting on.

As the days pass and the journey goes on, Eleanore discovers that the last place you would have wanted, might just be where you are needed...

...and the last man you could have ever thought of loving, might just be your destiny.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Cinnamon and Lavender

2. Starting Fires

3. A Fugitive Among Thieves

4. New Beginnings

5. On Deck

6. Keeping Secrets

7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

8. Treacherous Waters

9. What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?

10. Confessions

11. Another Life

12. Omens

13.1 Neptune's Daughter

13.2 Neptune's Daughter*

14. What You Do Not Know

15. Restless

16. Within These Walls

17. What We Left Unsaid

18. Blood In the Water

19. Dark Gifts

20. A Quiet Night

21. Mysteries and Jewelries

22. In Havana

23. Roots

24. Curses

25. The Final Journey

26. Treasures

27. Detour

28. Lost and Found

29. The Darkness

30. Many Days, Many Nights

31. A Hand In Your Destiny

32. Captured!

33. The Silver Vulture

34. Death and the Maiden

35. Ladies of Fortune

36. Fish Friends and Foes

37. Dead Men Tell No Tales

38. Bread Crumbs

39. The Queen of Sparta (FINAL)