Not even love could stop her . . .
Despite her privileged life in the sultry paradise of Martinique, beautiful Sapphire Fabergine will not be satisfied until she claims the honour and legitimacy that has been denied her. So she sails to London to confront the aristocratic family who disowned her before she was even born - only to find that her father is dead and that his title has passed to Blake Thixton, an attractive yet loathsome distant American cousin.
Convinced Sapphire is determined to bring about his ruin, Blake kidnaps her and sails back to America, where he delivers an ultimatum: become his mistress or serve him as a maid in his waterfront mansion. Without means in this unfamiliar land, Sapphire is trapped. But she will not compromise her quest for honour so easily - not even for the man she has come to desire.
