Calliope Duke has spent her whole life on the high seas, traveling the globe. Abandoned as a small girl, she knows she’s incapable of being loved. When a change in circumstances sees her named sole possessor of a ship, she lays claim to her fate in London. Her half brothers’ shipping company. But once there, she meets the enigmatic Captain Lockehart Eversleigh. The somber gentleman is hardly one to give in to carnal nature…or will he? The more she gets to know Lockehart, the more she realizes that he's everything she's ever wanted. When passion strikes and the flame between them ignites will she dare to risk her wounded heart?

Captain Lockehart Eversleigh loves order. He's clung to it since his father’s death. Rules are all that keep him from sliding from his path into disaster. When he meets the spirited Calliope Duke, he knows she’s to be avoided. She's beautiful, articulate, and full of passion. Drawn to her in a way he never imagined, Lock can’t deny the danger. Even as he knows giving in might turn him into his darkest self.