1803. Tensions are escalating again between England & France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance rescue missions & spies on the continent French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers perilous storms & a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer as her men fight to gain control of the seas around Cornwall & Devon. Meanwhile an unlikely rival is seeking her captain's heart. The beautiful & determined admiral's daughter could be the key to realising all Kydd's hopes & ambitions. But high society he finds can be as treacherous as his first mistress
- the sea.