Gareth Hamilton is stunned when he recognizes Emily Ensworth on his ship. The veil she wears is not enough to disguise her from him--or from the man hired to kill her. Whisking Emily to safety, Gareth realizes that the Black Cobra is on to them. They must have learned that Emily discovered the damning letter, which means her life is now in the gravest danger. In order to protect her, Gareth must let Emily in on the dangerous plot she is now intimately involved in. But Emily Ensworth is no wilting flower. She knew the packet the dying soldier thrust upon her held vital information, and she has every intention of seeing it into safe hands. Together, she and Gareth do their best to lure the Black Cobra and his men into the open. Putting their lives at risk draws Emily and Gareth ever closer together, the constant danger sparking a passion neither one can resist.