When Lady Sabrina Whitley had snuck on board the nearly deserted ship in the secluded alcove, she`d been desperate to escape her father. All her life she`d been in some kind of trouble, but stowing away on a pirate ship may prove to be her biggest mistake yet. She withstood being discovered by the crew, and then soundly dealt with by the captain. Her father hadn`t broken her spirit and neither would the infamous Pirate Hawke. She would survive; she would get away somehow. She would belong to no man . . . .

Hawke couldn`t believe that a young woman had dared to hide on his ship. Yet he understood desperation and knew only that would have made her take such a dangerous chance. He should toss her overboard, give her to his crew, anything to stay away from the sassy miss who dared challenge him. But as she bravely took her rightful punishment and then fairly burst into flames when he took her, he knew he would never let her go. She belonged to him. Forever.