Cressida Elaine Fitzpatrick escaped the gilded cage of high society—and the abuse that came with it—by vanishing into the sea and becoming someone new. Captain Sid: pirate, survivor, and master of her own chaos. But when that chaos arrives in the form of her long‑lost first love, she’s forced to face the past she swore she buried beneath the waves.

When Tristan Gallagher, heir to a powerful barony, is abducted by pirates on his voyage home, he expects torture or ransom—certainly not the woman he’s mourned for fifteen years. Cressida was supposed to be dead, taken by a sudden illness. Instead, she’s standing before him alive, furious, and more breathtaking than ever.

Sid isn’t ready to reopen old wounds. Tristan isn’t willing to lose her again.

The sea is far more dangerous when love—and a second chance—are on the line.

This is an adult romantasy. It contains scenes of violence, mentions of past physical abuse by a family member, as well as past sexual abuse, loss of a loved one, and parental neglect and abandonment. It is also an open-door romance between very eager, consenting adults.