Pirates are having a pop culture moment, 300 years after the Golden Age of Pirates. My debut historical novel, IF THE TIDE TURNS—a true forbidden love story between real-life pirate Sam Bellamy and a suspected witch named Maria—inspired a surprising fusion with another pop culture sensation: Taylor Swift.   May I present, If the Tide Turns (Taylor’s Version)   Song 1: “ . . . Ready For It” by Taylor Swift The prologue of If the Tide Turns opens with the haunting voice of Maria:   I know every spine of this shore, and the woman whose voice cries and curses whenever storms hammer the bone-white sand where lie the remains of the Whydah and her treasure, her crew. I know something of ghosts, including some who had the au­dacity to survive.   Or, as Taylor might put it:   But if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom Holdin’ him for ransom   After this introduction, the reader jumps into the story.   Song 2: “Seven” by Taylor Swift In Chapter 1, we immediately meet Maria, the restless daughter of a wealthy Cape Cod farmer who desires to marry Maria off to an undesirable widower. In the…