Alexander Cameron Ravensdale, the Ninth Duke of Cornwall has a passion for life as wild and as free as the oceans he loves to sail. He has everything: good looks, power, prestige, wealth, friends and.... enemies! The twenty-one years old, samurai trained master, thrives on danger and lives life to the fullest knowing each day might be his last, for he is aware of a dark family secret which precipitates one simple rule...never trust anyone. Set on the dark forbidding coast of Cornwall, outside the lavish world of the 19th century London aristocracy, this fantasy romance is filled with dangerous adventures, stifling demands, smouldering passions and heartbreaking deceptions. Highly admired and respected by a nation, as a man of action, but betrayed by the crown, the peerless dashing young duke faces an agonising choice between his responsibilities and his family. He is forced into a decision that will alter his life and drive him away from his beloved Cornwall. Never the less......his linage, his honour and his allegiance will not allow him to turn his back on the land of his birth. But changing country with his mother, one passionate fiery widow, and settling at her ancestral home in France, not only gives him a new address but also a whole new outlook on life. With a glimpse of what fate has in store for him, including a woman like none he"s ever known, he"s now more determined than ever to take back his future.