"Father, could you tell me the story again?"

"I shall, but first, I have a question."

"Yes?"

"Have you ever truly believed in the truth of these stories?"

"Well, Father, I have doubted it in the past. However the more you tell me these stories and the more detailed they get overtime, the more they become impossible to doubt."

"Good. As a man telling a story one believes is shrouded in lies becomes a myth." The Father continued, "However, in my case, I wish for you to keep it as a myth, and nothing more. Instead of a lie shrouded in lies, make a lie shrouded in truth."

"To begin, remember this was how I met your mother."

The year is 1693 and a young maid falls in love with her superior who is secretly a witch, will the maid have to betray her lover to save herself or will everything turn out to be okay in the end?

England 1694—

Constantine Every is the daughter of infamous pirate captain Henry Every, the richest and most elusive pirate alive. Until one day, she suddenly wakes to become a hostage of her father's greatest enemy and Devil of the Atlantic, Captain Thomas Tew. While Tew hunts for her father and his hoard of riches, Constantine is thrown into a cruel world unlike any she's ever known. She's sure her story is finished until she meets Edmund Hemingway, the ship's cabin boy. The two fight to stay alive on the nightmarish pirate ship as they travel across vast oceans and mysterious lands to find Henry Every and his enormous fortune. But the southern winds are rough and tides will turn. And no one, not even Constantine herself, is sure they'll make it out alive.

***Book One of The Bastard Girl Series ***