Pirate’s Prey : Lucy Middleton is young woman on a sea voyage that will change her life forever. Sent to Barbados by her poor parents, she is to marry Sir Herbert Brumley, an aged wine merchant of ill repute. On the ship our heroine falls in love with Lieutenant William, a man who will do anything to win her heart. Fate intervenes, leaving Lucy at the mercy of a pirate captain who is willing to make a deal: her body for freedom and the man she loves.