The Maiden Voyage of Caroline Claridge

Travelling alone on HMS Thunderer, Lady Caroline Claridge finds that sailors do much more than hoist sails and coil ropes. At the hands of Lieutenant Harrison and his crew, she is introduced into a closeted world of lust and abandon. But on the horizon other possibilities arise - Nathaniel Thorn, an old-fashioned gentleman, and Hasani al Moursi, a powerful Egyptian.

Abused, mistreated, Caroline finds her world suddenly changed and although she wants to deny it, she can't escape from the simple fact that she wants it to continue.