Salt in Her Veins

When Lady Katherine Rosia Fang escapes the fate of a nobleman's leash-sold off to the highest bidder to salvage her crumbling family name-she finds herself stowed away aboard a pirate ship, the Iron Wren, led by the infamously sharp, infuriatingly composed Captain Arthur Kirkland.
But Kat is no ordinary stowaway. Fierce, clever, and dangerously untamed, she claws her way into survival, leaving tatters of silk and every expectation of obedience in her wake. Her wit bites. Her pride burns. And her past? It's hunting her-led by a marquis obsessed not with her name, but with owning her entirely.
As Kat battles storms, swords, and the wild-eyed man chasing her through every port, she carves out a place among the pirates who reluctantly come to call her family. Alongside Arthur-whose past bleeds through his silence-she finds something unexpected: trust, loyalty, and the slow, breathless pull of something that might be love.
But nothing comes easy at sea.
When chains return and the Marquis closes in, Kat and Arthur face war on every front-flesh, heart, and legacy. Blood is spilled. Bones are broken. And beneath moonlight and cannon smoke, their bond is tested by pain, pride, and the impossible cost of freedom.
This is a story of a girl who was never meant to kneel.
A pirate who never learned how to stop running.
And the brutal, beautiful truth of finding home in each other-through ruin, rescue, and the kind of love that tastes like gunpowder and hope.