Publisher's Synopsis
Hesther Quantock is loathed and feared by those who run the shipping lines between England and the Continent. With ruthless cruelty she has been involved in the sinking of many ships, with great loss of life, all to increase her own profit. Captain Luke Calthan is resolved to avenge his many losses. He has hardened his heart against all women, until he discovers Gabrielle, Hesther's grand-daughter - a stowaway on a mission to find her father. The passion between Gabrielle and Luke is difficult to ignore, but will the hated name of Quantock come between them? "I wish you had borne any other name, because the name Quantock makes my flesh crawl..."
