Publisher's Synopsis
When Captain Ellis offered her passage to America, he didn't foresee becoming desperately lost in the Irish storm...CAPTAIN Anthony Ellis has never known anything but the open sea, and the beautiful women who decorate its ports; women who eagerly throw themselves at the passionate, ginger-haired rake. He, in turn, cannot control his desire for their soft curves and feminine graces-graces that come with no strings attached.That is, until he begrudgingly accepts a request from his high-society stepmother to give her young niece passage from Ireland to New York.Bridget O'Halloran agrees to go with the captain, despite doubts about her aunt, because she's determined to track down her estranged brother and father the moment her feet hit American soil. She is as spirited and self-reliant as she is unaccustomed to taking orders, something the frustrated captain soon discovers.Anthony doesn't want Bridget to head west in search of her family. Not only does he suspect they have deserted her, but he soon realizes that his stepmother's plans regarding her niece's future are anything but honorable. He offers the only protection he can, to keep Bridget by his side, employed as his young son's governess.Anthony is setting out to save Bridget from a fate worse than hell, but will the notorious rake discover a second chance and unintentionally save himself in the process?
