SHE RELUCTANTLY RESCUED THE ROGUE-
NOW HE'S DETERMINED TO RESCUE HER!

Miss Lucy Preston pulls a wounded smuggler from the quicksand of the Lancashire beaches, and she soon rues the day. For the rascal immediately sees through her disguise and that of her heavily veiled companion-who, indeed, is not a mute, elderly woman but a frightened young lady running from danger and seeking refuge at this remote seaside cottage.

Happily acknowledging he has just landed in a truly fascinating melodrama, Christopher Valliant is determined to aid the fair damsels. For this reformed rake is motivated by the most noble reason of all: love-pure and glorious-for the lovely, temperamental, and ever-so-delightful Lucy!