Fanny Campbell is a fiery 18-year-old farm girl in pre-Revolutionary War Rhode Island. Her parents taught her to sail, hunt, fish, ride, fight with broadswords, and be an independent thinker. Those qualities make everyone in her small village sure she will be an old maid, but Fanny doesn’t care in the least.  Against all odds, a wild storm blows Will, a young naval officer, into her life. He is immediately attracted by her fierce independence and strength. After a spirited courtship involving footraces, sword fights, and pranks, they marry, and too soon, Will’s ship puts back out to sea. As they travel south hunting pirates, he and his crew are captured by the Spanish and imprisoned in Cuba,

 Determined to find and rescue her beloved Will, Fanny disguises herself as a man, signs on to a broken-down merchant ship, and goes to sea. When attacked by an elegant black pirate ship, the Bloody Rose, Fanny, along with her shipmates, is captured.  When given the chance to join the pirate crew, she signs on, still disguised as a man.  In the back of her mind, she is secretly planning Will’s rescue, and thus begins Fanny’s epic adventure as An Accidental Pirate.