While visiting, Scotland, the Count Loukre fell in love with the Duchess of Wolmont the moment he set his eyes on her. Though her family desperately needed the Count's money, she refused his proposal of marriage because she didn't love him. Blinded by rage and rejection, the Count hired Jack Debare, the infamous pirate to kidnap the Duchess and deliver her to the altar. Halfway there, a storm broke out. Jack was a skilled seaman, but not even he could handle this storm. With the ship lost at sea, Jack and Katherine barely made it to land alive. Now stranded, alone in this desert oasis, will they ever be rescued? Would they ever see civilization again? Will Katherine and Jack give into their forbidden desires?