Heartsick and eager to keep her sorrows on England’s shores, innocent Georgina Anderson seeks passage within the “gentleman’s ship,” Maiden Anne, disguised like a cabin son. The captain, nevertheless, is definitely no gentleman; he’s the ex-pirate and irrepressible rake, Adam Malory. The black sheep of the proud, tempestuous family, Malory soon sees through Georgina’s masquerade and it is enchanted from the courageous, high-spirited lady he has forced into intimate servitude. But though he provides sworn he’ll never be enticed into matrimony, Captain Malory provides finally fulfilled his match within the high seas – undone with the passionate heart of one exceptional beauty whose appreciate of freedom and adventure competitors his own.