Captain El Goodrum has many secrets, but this one could destroy her... Perseus Whitcombe, Duke of Chelmsford, has never married and is hell bent on molding his younger brother into a suitable heir. The only woman he ever loved disappeared suddenly from his life, and for all he knows, she’s probably dead, lost at sea long ago. But he refuses to look back. Captain Eleanor Goodrum can’t stop looking back. She remembers each excruciating detail of her life as the thirteen-year-old daughter of a tavern keeper in a small village near Bath. Her life since then has taken on mythic proportions as the infamous Captain El Goodrum, smuggler extraordinaire, spy, and owner of the most notorious club of pleasure in London. The arrogant Duke of Chelmsford meets his match in a dangerous woman from his past Whitcombe was not the heir to a dukedom back then. He and his father, a minor baron, hatched a bold plan to rescue young Eleanor from her drunken gambler father and send her safely to the home of friends in America. A plan which went horribly wrong when her ship was taken by a French privateer. What will happen when these two confront the ghosts from their connected pasts? Will Whitcombe be able to loosen up and become more tolerant of the woman El’s become? Will El be able to meet the man she’s always secretly loved on a middle ground where each of them must give up something? Will these two strong, stubborn people sacrifice who they are today to reclaim the love of the ghosts of who they were years ago? Reserve your copy today so you don't miss the ending of this blazing series...