Being the first book of the Lyonesse series, it is a continuation of the Salt in the Wound. If you haven't read Salt in the Wound then when you begin this book, you will have no idea who Isolde is. This series follows Mark Travena, Tristan Thomas, and Isolde Lawrence who are all intermingled in the sexiest of ways. Mark is in an arrangement that he will marry Isolde even though she would prefer to be a Nun, Mark hires Tristan as his bodyguard and after a shootout, sends Tristan to collect Isolde from an estate in Ireland and spend three weeks on a yacht making its way back to New York.

The first half of this book sees Tristan and Mark beginning a working relationship together that quickly turns into a romantic one. We then find Tristan on the yacht with Isolde and they begin a friendship that quickly turns into a romantic relationship. Only for reality hits and they arrive in New York and Mark and Isolde are about to get married. They both have agreed that they are not going to tell Mark, then we find that there were cameras on the ship and Mark knows everything. The end leaves us thinking about what the heck is gonna happen next.