Seafarer Erik MacSorley has met his match in Ellie, the 'nursemaid' he drags half-naked out of the waters off the Irish coast. His irresistable captive is in fact Lady Elayne de Burgh, the spirited daughter of the most powerful noble in Ireland. As the battle for king and country sounds across the shores, will Ellie's love be enough to finally tame the legend known as the Hawk?

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