Lady Serine vowed to nurse her prisoner back to health because only he could help her find the children snatched from the arms of the mothers of Sheffield. But the avenging angel hadn't counted on nursing her own traitorous heart. For Rory McLir, whose desperate deed should have fired her hate, had instead ignited her eternal love... Driven by a curse upon his people, Rory McLir sailed forth from Ireland's mists and found himself drowning in the beauty of Serine, a veritable sea nymph who held the secret of new life for his land. He was her prisoner from that first stolen kiss, but would the tide turn when they set sail?