Summary

By day, colonist Pierce Pennington is one of Boston's most respected and successful merchants. But by night, he becomes the infamous Captain MacHeath, smuggling arms by sea under the pall of darkness—all in the name of liberty...

Portia Edwards will go to any length to find the family she's never known. All her life, she thought herself to be an orphan. But when she finds that her mother is not only alive, but here in Boston, being held captive by Portia's own grandfather, the girl will need more than a little help spiriting her mother back to England...

But asking for help is something Portia has never found easy. So even when she steals into the Governor's masquerade ball and meets with the perfect opportunity to ask the dashing Pennington for help, stubborn pride stands in her way. And even though Pennington would like nothing better than to forget about this proud young woman, he finds he cannot stop thinking of the night he met her in a Governor's garden...