Take yourself back to the old days of pirates and buried treasure. This book will be a delight for you and your youngster as you help a pirate captain search for the one thing he has never found -- a buried treasure. What he finds is much better. He finds the meaning of true friendship.

Even being born into a weathly Boston family can't hold young Catherine Markham's wild and adventures nature. Unfortunately she is stifled by the constant rules imposed on her, but she yearns to be free. Soon, though, Catherine finds her chance, when her young brother is kidnapped she finds it is her perfect chance to prove herself, and decides to deliver the ransom by herself and enlists in the help of a young man few would ever look to---a pirate named Derrick St. John. Derrick's life has been spent on the high seas. His man goal in life is to clear his father's name---a name tainted with treason. The last thing this young pirate has time for is to accompany a young lady who is a bit of a hellion, to Savannah while they are at war with the British. However, Derrick finds an emotion inside of him that can not refuse Catherine's desperate pleas for help. So the two of them set out on a adventure that is also an adventure of the heart. I loved this Avon True Romance too. It was quite the exciting romance novel. I recommend all teenage girls to read it.

When Catherine Markham finds a randsom note that tells she must pay 50 gold pieces to get her brother, Royce, back and her uncle refuses to send money, she goes to Derrick St. John for help.

Derrick immediately says yes to finding Royce, his best friend because Royce was the only one to allow Derrick to be a sea captain with his well-known past. However, he is reluctant to take Catherine along.

Catherine makes friends with the crew, helps a cabin boy named Lucas recover after their ship is attacked by a pirate ship headed up by DeGardineau, the man Derrick has sworn to find so he can clear his father's brand as a traitor. They get all the way to Savannah, but when they reach the Red Rooster Inn where Royce was supposedly being help early, DeGardineau's men capture them and take the gold. Now, they must find a way to get more gold for the kidnappers and try to avenge Derrick's father all before the deadline meets. Although they are close to death many times and are always disagreeing about one thing or the other, Catherine and Derrick still find time to fall in love.

When seventeen-year-old Catherine Markham's parents died four years ago, it was her brother Royce who kept her going. Although Royce was twelve years older than Catherine, he became more than just her brother, he became her best friend. When Catherine learns that Royce has been lost at sea in the American Revolution, she is devastated -- until a ransom note arrives, stating that Royce is still alive and demanding money for his safe return. Determined to get from Boston to Savannah to deliver the ransom herself, Catherine convinces Royce's best friend, Derrick St. John, to take her on his ship. Just twenty-one years old, Derrick already has a past as a pirate, a past he was able to abandon with Royce's help. But he still lives with the memories of what he has done, and the knowledge that it was partly his fault his late father was falsely accused of treason. On the journey to Savannah, Catherine and Derrick fall in love, but hide their feelings from each other -- he because of his past, she because she despairs of ever becoming more than his best friend's little sister. I highly recommend this new Avon True Romance. Like the rest of the books in the series, it's a wonderful historical romance for teens.