Chapter 1

“How long are you going to be in town, sweet-heart?” A saucy barmaid asked as she leaned seductively over the table Shane was drinking her grog at. The smile on the Irish barmaid’s face told Shane exactly what it was she was looking for and Shane smirked back flirting with the young woman.

“Not long… Enough time to have some much needed fun, I reckon.” Shane grinned setting her drink down when one of the loud and drunken men from her crew slung an arm over her shoulder, temporarily drawing her attention away from the barmaid across from her.

“Cap’n! Will we be sailing out in the morn’? We’re startin’ to run out o’ gold!” He slurred his words while trying to drink his alcohol. Shane pushed the man backwards with a grin watching him stumble around and knock mugs of grog onto the floor before joining it seconds later… Men cheered and poured their own grog onto the fallen man, laughing and roughhousing without a care.

“Tonight we dine like kings!” Another man yelled before taking a large bite from a piece of meat he held in his oily hands.

“Yeah!” The men cried back in unison. Their celebration running long into the night.

“Are they yours?” The barmaid asked a twinkle in her eyes.

“Most of ‘em. They were getting restless and requested we make port and restock on food, rum and of course women.” Shane gave a wolfish grin and took another swig of her drink.

“I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Captains.” The red headed woman smiled leaning in more and letting Shane get a peak down her bodice.

Shane swallowed her grog hard before shaking her head with a smirk. She didn’t even try to hide that she was staring. “I’ve always had a bit of a thing for breasts.”

The curvacious woman giggled before guiding Shane’s gaze back up to look her in the eye again. “We still have some empty rooms tonight… If you’d like to rent one, maybe I could help keep you warm during you’re stay here in Tortuga.”

Shane grinned. After being at see for nearly three months without a woman’s touch, she had grown restless. When she was on land she never had a problem finding a woman or sometimes women, who wanted nothing more than to take her to bed. The only problem she ever encountered… were that most women had no idea that Shane was in fact a girl.