It suited half-Cherokee, half-Scot pirate Hal Merritt to abduct and murder the wife of his enemy for her part in her husband's crimes. But instead of a knowing accomplice, he finds an innocent young countess, not yet awakened to her sensuality. Elspeth, Countess Greymere, had hoped her arranged marriage would be a comfortable one, but experienced only brutality at her husband's hands. She finds an unlikely protector in the man sent to kill her. Aboard his pirate ship, Hal shows Elspeth the adventure of the sea and the greater adventure of love, but they are pursued by Elspeth's slave-trading husband who will stop at nothing to get her and her fortune back. Rating: Contains graphic sexual content and violence.