Julie Cook is one who prefers to not obey society's stiff rules. She is the rebellious, scandalous outcast. And quite frankly, she doesn't mind being one. But when her long-lost love returns from his seven year cruise, she runs on his ship immediately, hiding and then waiting for the right moment so she could surprise him. However, once she finds that she had stumbled upon the wrong ship, she is instantly captured by another Sea captain who is more dashing and daring than her long-lost love who instantly forgets about her.
Richard McIver finds the blonde beauty sneaking below the decks of his Carribean ship, but he instantly knows that she will not be a person to throw overboard. The blonde beauty challenges him in all his actions, physical and emotional, yet he cannot seem to not be enticed by her beauty, and fiery attitude. And once she admits her real plans to find a captain that is as heartless as the eye of a sea storm, he craves to change her hell-bent ways. The next thing he knows, he plans on seducing the beauty in his bed, and making her his mistress for the entire voyage back to America. Although, Richard wonders how she got on the ship, when she claims that she was at Boston Harbor waiting for her long-lost loves ship to dock. Maybe it was some magic involved?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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