The Pirate's Pledge

In 1718, Charity Rakham finds herself alone when her father and fiance' are killed by the dread pirate Blackbeard and his crew. When she is sold into indentured slavery by the pirates, she learns about life and vampires in the house she serves. Somehow she escapes the master of the house, and gains justice against her enemies through her enduring courage, the love of a vampire, and a legend.

Legends of The Dragon's Blood is a series of science fiction adventure novels featuring alien vampires who come from a planet called Antellus, located somewhere in the Cygnus constellation. Each book relates the adventures of their descendents, some of whom traveled to Earth in the remote past, and who are caught in the middle of events they have witnessed. The common theme of the vampire as hero is at the center of each story.