For readers of USA Today bestselling author Christi Caldwell’s The Duke Alone, The Heiress at Sea, A Sure Duke, The Captain, and While You Were Sailing— comes a darker tale of passion, power, and betrayal at the edge of empire. The McQuoids built their fortune on the sea. And their ruin may come from it. When London’s most eminent shipping families ignite a feud over dominance of the seas, no one is safe from the fallout. Alliances are forged in secrets and broken in scandal. Daughters become pawns. Enemies become lovers. And every vow is bought in blood—or desire. From the storm-lashed coastlines of England to the icy harbors of Scotland, and beyond, each story in the McQuoid Family Saga follows a love born from the wreckage of dangerous men who swore vengeance, and the women who bring them to their knees. Ruthless. Romantic. Unforgiving. This is not polite society. This is war at sea—and in the heart. Each book stands alone, but together reveals the rise, the ruin, and the redemption of the McQuoid family empire. A Dark Regency Romance The Villain Feared. Ruthless. Unforgivable. August Archdale, Earl of Culross, has earned every dark whisper attached to his name. Stopping Meghan Smith’s wedding is not cruelty—it is necessity. Her family’s rising shipping dynasty will ruin him, and the Earl of Culross does not lose. Not his power. Not his empire. Not even his soul. Yet Meghan refuses to break. Where he expects terror, she gives defiancé. Where he demands submission, she offers fire. And when her tears finally fall, they mark the moment August realizes the She is no longer his leverage—She is his undoing. Desire ignites amid storms and scandal, blurring the line between vengeance and obsession. And the man who embraced the role of villain will learn too late that loving her is the most dangerous revenge of all. Heat Sinfully explicit.