Captured by pirates at the age of eight when her parents were murdered, Elizabeth Parker has forgotten her past and become one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean. She and her vessel, The Vixen, prey on all ships, American and British, who sail those treacherous waters. Colin Worth, son of a Boston merchant, ran away to sea, and ended up in the young American navy, the executive officer aboard the frigate, U.S. S. Intrepid. After a confrontation with his tyrannical captain, he is marooned in a ship's boat-left to die at sea. When Elizabeth and her crew, being pursued by Intrepid, find and rescue Colin, the two learn that their lives are entwined in a macabre way-they have a common enemy, Captain Beauregard Dangerfield, the demented master of Intrepid, and a growing mutual attraction. Can two people from such different worlds coexist, or, are they fated to be enemies? To learn the answer to these questions, they must first survive.