The Gun Ketch (Alan Lewrie Naval Series #5)

This is the first McBooks edition of The Gun Ketch, the fifth book in the popular Alan Lewrie series. It's 1786: Alan Lewrie has his own ship at last and prowls the waters of the Caribbean, protecting British merchants from pirates. But Lewrie is still the same old rakehell, and scandal ensues in the Bahamas as he makes a few lovely conquests on land before sailing off to take on the boldest pirate in the Caribbean.