Child bride Sara Winchester had grown into a winsome beauty, joyfully anticipating the day when her husband Nathan, Marquess of St. James, would return to claim her heart. Charmingly innocent, she dismissed the ancient feud that divided their families…and was totally unaware of his past exploits as the notorious pirate, Pagan. The man who now stood before her was perplexing, arrogant, and powerfully handsome…a warrior-gentleman whose touch aroused her to the wildest, deepest pleasures of love.Nathan had never bared his soul to any woman but he was soon was beguiled by Sara's sweet, defiant ways. Aboard his ship, The Seahawk, she was brave, imperious, and determined to win his heart completely — yet upon their return to England, her love would be sorely tested as a vile conspiracy tried to tear them apart.
