Captain of the Sea Hawk and bound to the king's business, he might have been a lord but he certainly was no gentleman. He carried lovely Brianna MacCardle off to America on his ship and branded her with a love she could never forget, never escape, yet he refused to take her as his wife. Brianna swore vengeance on the man who spurned her love.

At home in Scotland, bewitched by her uncommon beauty, the local inquisitors had branded Brianna a witch, the devil's own. Only Treveryan could save her. But how could she be grateful to such a man? He'd claimed her as his own and taken her innocence.

Brianna vowed Treveryan wouldn't take her heart. Defiantly, she fought him. Against her will she loved him, swearing to reap revenge against the arrogant lord who made her the Devil's Mistress.