Cross Bones

Ahoy, me proud beauty, shiver me timbers! I ask ye to sail me jollyboat on the high seas, lubber, but will ye dare to accept? On offer be a pirate’s life full of danger and risk, and not just to yer neck, but to yer very virgin heart! There’s many a bodice to be ripped—or perhaps I should say many a codpiece to be snapped—and should ye be graced enough to cross bones with a corsair, don’t be an addlepate! Heave ho, lad, handsomely, and show him how ye bury yer treasure! Pirates didn’t only sail the high seas in historical times. Modern-day renegades and futuristic rebels are just as ripe for adventure and plunder. No matter the time, place, or circumstances, bad boys steal affection as often as they salvage treasure, and in these stories of romance, a rogue’s black heart always conceals a center of gold. Stories Captain Merric by Rebecca Cohen Rough Trade by Cooper West Touched by the West Wind by Ellen Holiday The Winds of Change by Maggie Lee My Hand in Yours by Emily Moreton Ghost of Jupiter by Jana Denardo The Golden Galleon by K.R. Foster Objectivity by K.J. Johnson Worth the Price by Cornelia Grey Peter and the Lost Boys by Juan Kenobi Officer and a Gentleman Pirate by E.S. Douglas On the Wings of Lir by Riley Shane From a Simmer to a Burn by B.