She'd hate him without end When the golden-haired stranger grabbed and hotly kissed innocent Leigh O'Neal in the tavern's dimly-lit corridor, she almost wished he'd never stop. Her heart had never beat so hard, her breath had never come so fast, her lips had never felt so full! But when she later disguised herself as a boy and stowed away on the Avenger and saw the captain was that same handsome man, she wished she had the courage to jump overboard. The impassioned beauty would never be able to keep away from him... and she'd never forgive him for making her lose control and give him her heart. He'd punish her forever After finding the scruffy boy hiding on his ship, towering Matthew Blake threw him in the brig for three days -then discovered the lad was the mysterious temptress he'd met the night before. He hadn't forgotten the feel of her thick mahogany hair, the glow of her sultry seductive eyes, nor the thrust of her pert womanly curves. Incensed that he'd been played for a fool, the furious captain first made Leigh dress like a lady... then swore he'd humiliate her like one. Now that they were out on the open sea, Matthew's word was law and no one would keep him from using the provocative stowaway as he pleased while he exacted Rapture's Revenge.