Children of The Dragon book 6: "Never underestimate the power of love." The year is 1718, near the end of the Golden Age of piracy. Charity Rakham is the daughter of a merchant seaman who learns about womanhood the hard way when her father and fiance' are killed by the dread pirate Blackbeard. Sold to a strange man named Rosenthorne, she becomes the chambermaid to his wife Illyana, who is murdered by her husband. With the help of his vampire footman Duncan Charity flees; and marries a man accused of a crime he did not commit to save his life. But the story does not end there. She sets her revenge against Blackbeard by becoming the captain of the most fearsome black ship on the bounding main.
The Children of The Dragon series by author Theresa M. Moore is a chronicle of the Xosan, living vampires from the planet Antellus who were human but transformed by a dragon's blood. They are stories of science fiction, fact and fantasy, myth and history, tragedy and triumph; linked together by the theme of the vampire as hero. These books are rated for YA to adult readers and contain blood violence and some adult content.