This is chapter 1 of my newest novel My Pirate Lady

When family tragedy strikes and the charming Lord Orlando Warlock learns that he is to be the Newest Duke of Hastings, he literally chickens out.. He is anything but ready to take over the family legacy. And so, unmanly he escapes and finds himself as a prisoner on a Spanish ship called "The Golden Sahara", whose Captain Espada is a mysterious beauty refusing to cooperate.. And when Esmeralda -Captain Espada- needs an urgent husband and has no other choice but choosing her captive, she is forced to play around with this charade.. Will the love charade work out without mistakes? Or will it turn out a complete blow?