Ever since he was a boy of eleven, Captain Cord Meredith had promised his dying father that he would protect little Jahane Beaudette, an exiled princess his father had saved from certain death.
He left her as the foster daughter of his mother while he goes to sea. Later he returns and finds that Janane is all grown up and too tempting by half.
He left her as the foster daughter of his mother while he goes to sea. Later he returns and finds that Janane is all grown up and too tempting by half.
A man's promise, a woman's desire - she had to choose between ruling her people or following her heart.