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.