The rules of courtship are swept out to sea when a shipwreck offers a reckless bride a true taste of paradise... can a whirlwind romancefor too long, miss jane burke's father has taken advantage of her painstaking research. heading to the south seas to make her own name as a scientist despite the crew's insistence that a woman aboard is bad luck, she isn't prepared to be championed by a handsome ship's officer who rouses longings inside her as wild as any storm... lead to a proper proposal? for lieutenant charles dance, a post on his majesty's survey ship tenacious is just one more dutiful rung on the ladder of his career. even a headstrong bluestocking on board is less troubling than the ship's drunken captain-and the ferocious gales that drive the ship off course. stranded on a remote island, passion blazes between them as hot as the sun, but it's jane's love charles wants forever...