Payback has never been more delicious than in this historical battle of the sexes, the eighth Malory novel from bestselling author Johanna Lindsey. It starts with spirited Gabrielle Brooks, who went searching for her long-lost father after her mother's death -- and discovered he was a pirate. Gabrielle spent the next three years happily with him at sea, looking for treasure. But now her father has sent her from the Caribbean to London for the Season. She is expected to find a husband, under the sponsorship of James Malory and his wife, Georgina. Georgina's handsome sea captain brother, Drew, seems a candidate (although he professes to be a committed bachelor), until he makes an offhand remark at a ball that wrecks any chance Gabrielle might have at a good match. Further, she learns her father has been taken hostage, and she is the price of his freedom. Gabrielle steals Drew's ship, with him onboard -- and keeps him teasingly in shackles until he turns the tables and takes her captive. Who is the captor, who is the captive? Never mind -- it all culminates in just the happy ending Lindsey's fans desire.
