Jane has been many things in her life. A wife. A widow. A thief. A prostitute. Most recently, a woman seeking any means of escape from Grand Port. Flying no colors and desperate for crew, Sneaky Lass is a damaged brig in no position to look too closely at any volunteers, no matter how ill-suited to sea life they may be. After a series of decisions Jane can’t turn back from, she commits one final act of desperation; she dons stolen boots, shorn hair, and the name Dixon Ables to take up with the crew of Sneaky Lass. Now she finds herself in a position where she must keep up her boyish disguise or be thrown into the briny deep. Concrete plans to leave the ship at the next port turn fluid as Jane becomes enamored by the mystery of the ropes, the lullaby of waves against the hull, and the wind in the sails. That the crewmen are far from the salty rogues she expected doesn't help her resolve. Among the filthy men, the roar of cannons, the critical eye of a whip-wielding quartermaster, and beneath the weight of her own lies, Jane finds something she long believed a fantasy—Family. Even the frequent gaze of the fine and fair-minded captain isn't enough to send her towards shore… yet. She doesn't want to sacrifice everything until she is sure he knows her secret, or perhaps his attentions are something else, something more. The problem is her new life belongs to the man called Dixon, not the woman called Jane. The longer she stays aboard Sneaky Lass, the closer she grows to losing everything she's come to value; new friends, the only home she's ever known, her life. Deceptions are difficult on land, but in the close quarters of a pirate ship, they can be deadly.

Her ruse uncovered, Jane finds herself in exile from the home and family she found aboard Sneaky Lass. What little money she had now gone, Jane’s options are to find a livelihood or starve. Helmed by a notoriously mad captain, the lethal crew of Deceit is leaving their mark across Trinity’s many brothels. Left with no other options, Jane joins ranks, but it is not long before she learns there is no honor among these thieves and murderers. Jane finds her position aboard Deceit to be more captive than crew. Opportunities for escape buckle and Jane resorts to leaving desperate missives in her wake with the hope they cool the ire of Sneaky Lass captain, Bennett Holt, enough for him to reconsider her position on his ship… And in his life. \\ Captain Holt, reeling from heartache brought on by Jane’s deception, has sailed away. The sour feeling in his stomach over leaving Jane behind intensifies when he finds her notes, each more dire than the last, scattered throughout brothels and docks where the infamous vessel, Deceit, has anchored. The irony of Dixon-turn-Jane being on Deceit is not lost on him, but is her violation of his trust worthy of being caught in the hands of a crew feared, even among pirates, for their ruthless cruelty? Is it worth risking his loyal crew for someone who deceived them all and broke his heart? CW: SA, violence, death

After a narrow escape from disaster’s cold grip, the battered crew of Sneaky Lass have paid a hefty price, one that weighs on them fiercely. None more than Bennett Holt. Torn between two loves; his ship, Sneaky Lass, and the enigmatic Jane Ables, Bennett is forced to face who he is as a man when he is not wearing the mask of a captain. A man so mired by the past that he has only ever looked back through the bottom of a bottle of liquor. Trust does not come easily for the guarded Jane Ables, a lifetime of abuse has locked her emotions down tightly. Bennett is the one person who has the power to coax them free of her, if only she didn’t see ghosts from her past writhing within him. Playing the part of captain and sailor by day, in the shadows of night they can lay their secrets bare as they attempt to unravel the emotions that swim in the tumultuous waters between them. But a pirate’s bounty is not built on tales of love and loss, and life aboard Sneaky Lass does not pause for Bennett and Jane to figure things out. The fury of Captain Gates builds under the humiliation of the recent escape of Bennett Holt and Jane Ables. He redoubles the efforts of his naval ship, Three Queens, to hunting them and ending his vendetta once and for all. Sneaky Lass, and its captain, cannot run forever. CW: alcoholism, physical abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, suicide, violence, gore, grief, child loss.

The beloved brig, Sneaky Lass, now rests in pieces at the bottom of the sea. Her captain and crew may have escaped victorious but are not unscathed, and the mood is hardly celebratory. Michael Mason, surgeon for the enemy ship Three Queens, faces an uphill battle as he holds the precariously balanced life of Sneaky Lass captain, Bennett Holt, in his hands. He finds his vow to save lives is in direct conflict with his personal feelings about the surly captain and the secrets Bennett asks Michael to keep. Bennett mourns the loss of his health, but more so chokes on the damage to his pride. Having not completed his mission to destroy Captain Gates, he fears appearing weak in the eyes of the Sneaky Lass crew. Worse still, each day, infection draws on his strength. Jane’s tenacity is what pulls Bennett to her, like a sailor drawn to whiskey. If he doesn’t die but doesn’t recover, can he live with tying Jane to the half-man he will become? Leaving the safe shores of Alouett aboard the new Sneaky Lass, a renamed captured navy frigate, Bennett, Jane, and the crew hope to catch full sails as they make haste in search of a mythical bloom somewhere to the south. A bloom that could save Bennett from the infection ravaging his body and mind. Jane watches Bennett grow weaker through the distance he forces between them. She busies herself with the mission, but her mind is filled with wondering if a man who could so easily push her aside is worth her heart. Even so, saving Bennett is her priority even if being with her is no longer his. Bennett might be bitter about her part in catching his quarry, but Jane has come to learn surviving this rough world means relying on others; even if they are crazy allies and ghosts from the past. Will their efforts be enough in the face of cruel gods and wicked fates, or will the casualty list grow longer still? CW: Graphic descriptions of wounds, wound care, and illness. Mentions of a history of SA. Mentions of suicide. Reference to Child Loss. Grief.

Life on the sea is never easy, but hope for something smoother grows dim for Sneaky Lass captain Bennett Holt, when bounty hunters sell him to the Imperial Navy. There is no peace to be found shackled in the bowels of a warship with only the looming shadow of the gallows for company. For Jane, a future without Bennett is beyond comprehension. When posed with leaving him behind or giving chase, there is no option. She will move water and earth and challenge the gods themselves to find her missing great love. As if leading the hunt against the naval ship, Stalwart, isn't enough, captaining the commandeered schooner, Ferocious Pip, comes with its own challenges. Even rage fueled pirates need supplies and taking them eats precious time. Trying to balance the need for coin and the desire for revenge turns Jane's emotions into a maelstrom of anxiety, fear, and anger burning so hot it churns her guts in ways the seas alone never could. She has long feared the dark depths of the sea, but facing the idea of life alone, she finds that water isn't the only thing a woman can drown in. How much can lovers handle before the winds and tides have their way and push them apart? CW: This book contains graphic descriptions of child loss, death of a loved one, and whale hunting.

Regaining his footing as a captain, Bennett Holt finds stepping into Jane Ables’ boots as leader of the battered schooner, Ferocious Pip, is easier than recovering his place as her lover. Struggling with Jane’s grief, Bennett’s attempts to recapture her heart are bogged down by his need to once again strike a fearsome and respected image as a pirate of note. Progress on both is complicated by a strange, new man who has taken his place as Jane’s trusted confidante, and by unsettling rumors among the crew that flow like cheap liquor. Jane feels the treacherous gulf between Bennett Holt and herself growing despite their finally being on the same ship once again. Their love is hanging in the silence of lost time, but with resentments so overwhelming and pain so heavy, Jane is anchored to her darkness and cannot seem to find the light Bennett once was to her. Perhaps the wound in her heart that reopens every time she looks at him is too wide to heal, no matter how much she craves it. Even as they sail to kill the man responsible for their rift, war has broken out in the eastern seas of Brighal as the sprawling fingers of the Goranese Empire seek more than they already possess. With war comes prizes for the taking, and the crew of Ferocious Pip long to claim the life of the wicked naval captain, Galen Foley. Sailing under the blue birds of the Goranese Navy on the warship Stalwart that would be too challenging to sink, even for the fabled pirates Jane Ables and Bennett Holt, Foley seems unreachable. With powerful allies from the east at his side, provoking Foley would surely be a death sentence. With the desire for vengeance being something they still agree on, chasing Foley east feels like the only thing to do when Jane and Bennett aren’t sure they have anything left to lose.

Jane’s future, the desperate dreams she’s locked in her heart for so long, rest on faraway shores, but being ashore comes with its own challenges; ones that force Jane and Bennett to change their identities, yet again. But, in a life of piracy, grudges are often long-held and blood-tainted. Jane couldn’t have known that when pirates crossed long ago set their vengeful gazes upon her. She isn’t the same woman she was when she climbed aboard Sneaky Lass a lifetime ago. Watching her hopes of beginning a new and lawful life deflate like sails on a windless sea is not who she is anymore. Neither is running away. Struggling to come to terms with their new roles aboard Blessed Gun, Jane, Bennett, and the rest of the crew need to chisel a place for themselves in the new life they mean to create together. The real challenge lies in facing who they are beneath the disguises and aliases, under the salty crust the ocean leaves behind, and through the indelible stain a life of piracy has marked them with in order to determine how much further they are willing to go for the promise of a clean slate.