
Bloody Black
Rhiannon Hargadon
Blackbeard is a woman — a betrayed princess hunting vengeance, undone by the prisoner she can't bring herself to kill.
Description
He stole her throne, she's come back to reclaim it.Anne was a reckless, arrogant royal who had never tasted defeat. After a brutal betrayal on her wedding night, Anne vanishes from the kingdom she was meant to rule. Years later, she’s returns from the grave—no longer a princess, but a terror of the seas. Known only as Blackbeard, she’s hunting down the men who destroyed her, one by one. Vengeance doesn’t come without a cost. Brutal bargains with a demon collar her, and bind her to a dark promise.When she captures Lieutenant Robb Maynard—a too-handsome, too-calm officer loyal to her enemy—Anne intends to trade him for leverage. Instead, she finds herself locked in a dangerous game of secrets and seduction, where the greatest threat isn’t a blade—but the way he looks at her.Like she’s still a woman worth loving.And while she knows better than to believe in anything but pain... Anne must decide if life is worth the risk—or if trusting the wrong man will cost her everything she has built.A full list of trigger warnings can be found on the author's website. Your mental health is important; read at your own risk.
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