James L. Nelson 
Only Life That Mattered 
The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackam

Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, until he meets Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble-that is, unless he’s a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action.