Nicole Ashford is a beautiful, innocent and headstrong. Disguised as a boy, she runs away to join a privateer's ship commanded by Christopher Saxon, darkly dangerous and a notorious outlaw. Discovered by him, she falls prey to his savage hungers and tender kisses. He transforms her into a passionate woman, but plunders her very soul as she is swept back to London - into a whirlwind of adventure, treachery and danger ...