Destiny calls lovely and spirited Julienne Vale to Moonspell in the Florida Keys -- to serve as governess to the motherless child of the grand estate's enigmatic master.

From her first glimpse of Captain Buccaneer LaFlamme astride a galloping stallion -- virile and magnificent, his raven-black hair damp with sea spray -- Julienne is overcome by fevered desires she has never before known.

Whispers of her handsome, tormented employer's dark and dangerous past impel the strong-willed beauty to resist Buck's raw, sensuous power -- even as her passion draws her relentlessly into his arms... and toward a breathtaking rapture that could be her salvation or her doom...