An American spy with a British birthright, Adam Trent is consumed with gathering information to use against England's Navy. But despite the intrigues of the War of 1812, the mystery of the lovely young woman washed ashore near his Cornwall estate is one he cannot resist. With the ragged remains of a treasure map concealed in her chemise and no memory of who she is and how she got there, the dark beauty is an alluring puzzle he feels compelled to solve.