Abandoned at a young age, Captain Lucien Stoughton spent his early years searching for his past. During his travels he is befriended by an agent of the Crown, who in return for help finding Luc’s brother, requires Luc to become a spy. But his latest assignment might be the death of him. Posing as the Barbary pirate, Captain Peri, Luc must rescue the kidnapped Earl of Kiterman. There are only a couple of problems, and one of them is a trouser-wearing, sword-wielding beauty Luc aches to make his own.