Katherine Anne Davenport, the Governor’s daughter, made a deal with the devil, or better known as her father. The deal was simple, find a suitable husband by her twenty-second birthday. Unfortunately for Katherine, finding a suitable husband was near impossible for an adventure-loving, smart-mouthed woman in the 17th century. A week before her twenty-second birthday, her father broke the news that he hand selected a husband for Katherine due to her “inability to keep a decent man’s interest”. Most men hated Katherine and her new-aged ideas. Katherine is now faced with two options: 1) marry a man threatening to beat the spirit out of her piece by piece, or 2) seek asylum far away from the island she calls home. Word sweeps through the town that a ruthless pirate was arrested for murdering a high ranking official of the British Royal Navy. Katherine has a brilliant yet terrifying idea… if she saves the pirate’s life, she could ask for safe passage on his ship in return. Captain Liev Sterling, the Reaper, as most of the pirating world has coined his cold-hearted and ruthless ways, is the man she is set on saving. Liev hates everyone… that is until he meets Katherine. Not only is he fighting with feelings he never thought he’d have, but he’s in the middle of a revenge plot he’s been planning since he was a boy. A revenge plot that often puts himself and those close to him at risk of death and destruction. Will Liev be able to enact his cold plans while Katherine slowly warms the heart he thought he lost all those years ago? Or will he lose it all for the sake of revenge?