In Elizabeth Essex's , for too long, Miss Jane Burke's father has taken advantage of her painstaking research. Heading to the South Seas to make her own name as a scientist despite the crew's insistence that a woman aboard is bad luck, she isn't prepared to be championed by a handsome ship's officer who rouses longings inside her as wild as any storm... LEAD TO A PROPER PROPOSAL?

For Lieutenant Charles Dance, a post on His Majesty's survey ship is just one more dutiful rung on the ladder of his career. Even a headstrong bluestocking on board is less troubling than the ship's drunken captain-and the ferocious gales that drive the ship off course. Stranded on a remote island, passion blazes between them as hot as the sun, but it's Jane's love that Charles wants forever..."A sophisticated blend of vivid historical detail, exquisite characterization, and delicious sexual tension." - bestselling author Julianne MacLean