The Captain of All Pleasures

The Captain of All Pleasures by Cole, Kresley. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9781416543718.

In her exhilarating debut novel, Kresley Cole captures the drama, passion, and boundless adventure of the high seas -- as one fiery lass finds herself caught in a tide of torrid romance. Raised as a free spirit aboard her American sea captain fathers majestic clipper ship, willful Nicole Lassiter has never encountered an obstacle she couldnt overcome -- until she meets Captain Derek Sutherland. His sizzling kisses leave her longing, but after they share a night of passion, his subsequent disdain makes her blood boil. Nicole vows to take her revenge -- by helping her father beat Sutherland in a high-stakes competition: the Great Circle Race from England to Australia. Nicoles scheme is thrown overboard after her father is wrongly imprisoned, yet she remains undaunted -- taking to the high seas with her fathers ship. But a storm wrecks her plans, and she finds herself a virtual prisoner aboard Sutherlands vessel. And while her mind tells her she should escape, her body urges her to surrender...