title: She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea
author:  Joan Druett 
description: Mention the word "pirate," and you'll likely conjure up an image, courtesy of Robert Newton's scenery-chewing performance in the 1950 film adaptation of <i>Treasure Island</i>, that features a peg-leg, a parrot, and a mighty "arrrgh."
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  THE SEA LYON
  
  A PIRATES OF BRITANNIA WORLD NOVEL
  
  HILDIE MCQUEEN
  
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  About the Book
  
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  REPUTED TO BE RUTHLESS AND FEARED, pirate Captain Dorian Lyon McAlpin rules
  over the seas along with his crew of cutthroats aboard his ship, The Mawdelyn.
  When he chances being caught to see his dying mother, his life takes a drastic
  turn. Fate brings him face to face the one woman who destroyed his life. It
  seems the opportunity for revenge is sometimes served on a silver platter.
  
  Running for her life with her infant son, Ileana MacTavish is forced to depend
  on pirates of all people in order stay alive. With the future uncertain, she
  demands an audience with the captain of The Mawdelyn. What she doesn’t expect
  is to find the man who not only hates her, but also is more lethal than the
  danger she’s running from.
  
  A tale of twists, turns and love on the high seas.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  