Shady O'Grady's only passion is the search for galleon that sank off Key West three hundred years ago. Clowance Masteron has everything _but_ passion. When she goes to Key West to retrieve her adventurous grandfather from Shady O'Grady's clutches, she finds out what she's been missing all these years. Treasure-hunter Shady O'Grady has one all-consuming passion: searching for the lost gold of a ghost galleon which sank off the Florida coast three hundred years ago.

Heiress Clowance Masteron has everything in life but passion; and when she goes to Key West to retrieve her adventurous grandfather from Shady O'Grady's clutches, she finds out what she's been missing all these years.

The lure of sunken treasure becomes almost as seductive as Shady himself, but how can Clowance possibly trust a man with Shady's shady past?

"The always superb Laura Leone makes our hearts rejoice with a wonderful new love story set in the Florida Keys . . . Ms. Leone's outstanding craftsmanship and exquisite sense of romance add a brilliant lustre to an unforgettable tale of love."
-ù Romantic Times