Swept up like a mermaid from the sea after a shipwreck off the coast of Key West, Annabelle Browne was the most tempting treasure former naval lieutenant Oliver Steele had ever claimed. THe dangerously handsome wrecker, known throughout the Caribbean as "The Shark", was enchanted by the young beauty and vowed to keep her - for the pleasure she promised and for the revenge she could help him exact against the wily pirate who had taken the life of his beloved fiancee. With her reputation sullied by her captivity in Steele's home, Annabelle was forced to marry the infuriating tyrant, though she was willing to trade her innocence for his help in finding her long-lost father, the very man Steele hoped to destroy. But the truth about her father would force Annabelle to choose between the man who had abandoned her as a child, and the man who could rescue her dreams of a lifelong passion.