
Captain Michael Hawkhurst relishes his fearsome reputation, for he lives only to wreak revenge on the Fulton family, who so cruelly destroyed his own.
Spirited Alice Fulton knows a ship is no place for a lady, but she is determined to save her father's virginal daughter as his captive, Michael faces a dilemma should he live up to his scandalous name and find revenge with sweet Alice, or will his honourable side win out and win the girl?