When an exiled princess becomes to much for her hosts to handle, Captain Lord Thomas Greaves is called to action. Playing nursemaid to a pampered beauty isn't exactly how Thomas wants to serve his country, but at least it's something to relieve his boredom while he counts the days until he can return to sea. To mask her loneliness, the homesick Isabella is imperious and difficult, but with sparks flying she can't deny her attraction to her handsome bodyguard. And when her life is threatened, Bella realises that the dashing captain is the first man to treat her not just as a princess, but as a woman.