For the promise of Sophia's character in Goddess of the Hunt, this was a big let down. I was bored most of the time reading this high seas tale and made it through mostly by skimming. There was one amazingly hot voyeuristic scene between Gray and Sophie, but it ended with her crying and the rest of the book was sort of a horny let down. Still readable and you can see the roots of Tessa Dare's later work forming here, but definitely not a fav for me.