Albin Baecker

In the aftermath of a ferocious tempest off the Cape of Storms in 1856 an aristocratic woman rescued by a band of unruly privateers means only two things: ransom or pleasure. And when the feisty hostage refuses to divulge her identity they become restless...if payment is not forthcoming the salacious sailors will apply the code of the sea to claim the mystery woman for themselves. Her only hope is the courteous leader of this motley crew, but he already has problems...

Captain Rodger Selbourne’s ship was damaged on a secret voyage and mutiny looms. With no time to lose the single-minded captain needs his men and, sold or used, the mystery woman is his only solution to keeping Hunter on course. But thrown together with the feisty female in this remote spot Selbourne becomes intrigued by the alluring newcomer. Her presence not only threatens his increasingly slipping self-control and courteous conduct but also puts his personal quest for vengeance at risk...