<b>From the author of Immortals After Dark series comes the drama, passion, and boundless adventure of the high seas as one fiery lass finds herself caught in a tide of torrid romance.</b><br /><br />Raised as a free spirit aboard her American sea captain father&apos;s majestic clipper ship, willful Nicole Lassiter has never encountered an obstacle she couldn&apos;t overcome—until she meets Captain Derek Sutherland. His sizzling kisses leave her longing, but after they share a night of passion, his subsequent disdain makes her blood boil. Nicole vows to take her revenge by helping her father beat Sutherland in a high-stakes competition: the Great Circle Race from England to Australia.<br /> <br />Nicole&apos;s scheme is thrown overboard after her father is wrongly imprisoned, yet she remains undaunted, taking to the high seas with her father&apos;s ship. But a storm wrecks her plans, and she finds herself a virtual prisoner aboard Sutherland&apos;s vessel. And while her mind tells her she should escape, her body urges her to surrender...