Waiting on Wednesday (50): Blackhearts

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine. 

My WoW:

Blackhearts
by Nicole Castroman
Release date: February 9th 2016
Published by: Simon Pulse
Pre-order: Amazon

Synopsis:

Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Nothing could stop him—until he met the one girl who would change everything.

Edward "Teach" Drummond, son of one of Bristol's richest merchants, has just returned from a year-long journey on the high seas to find his life in shambles. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high society he was born into, Teach dreams only of returning to the vast ocean he’d begun to call home. There's just one problem: convincing his father to let him leave and never come back.

Following her parents' deaths, Anne Barrett is left penniless and soon to be homeless. Though she’s barely worked a day in her life, Anne is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. Lonely days stretch into weeks, and Anne longs for escape. How will she ever realize her dream of sailing to Curaçao—where her mother was born—when she's stuck in England?

From the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Drawn to each other, they’re trapped by society and their own circumstances. Faced with an impossible choice, they must decide to chase their dreams and go, or follow their hearts and stay.

I don't think I've ever read a YA book about pirates before and now one with Blackbeard? The Blackbeard? Granted, this is about Blackbeard pre-piracy but even so, he is probably the most famous pirate ever known (and the only one I know). Also, when you read the early reviews, you just won't help but get excited about it.