She dared to live like a man...She raced by him on her schooner Mischief, beating Fleetwing and its legendary skipper in a race at sea, proving that the ship she designed, built, and sailed was the fastest craft afloat.  Then Dominique Willoughby offered Nicholas Hawksmoor the ultimate challenge: to take her with him on a perilous mission across the Mediterranean in search of a fabulous gem.  She was ready for danger, but not for the passions ignited by his smoldering gaze....And love with a woman's passionate heart....They called him adventurer, rogue, gambler, thief, a man who would do anything to get what he wanted.  But Nicholas Hawksmoor needed the ship and the woman to help him find the Cat's Eye, a priceless gem with a blood-soaked curse.  He'd never met a woman like her--a born sailor packaged in a temptress's body, with an angel's freckled face.  Dominique, who sailed with him into unknown waters, evoking desires in which a pirate prince could drown....