A Romance with an HNF Background:
This is the story of Christopher, Viscount Fitzgibbons, forced by his father into life as a novice sailor on the high seas. It is also the story of Mick Savage, a likable Irish rogue who works one con too many and finds himself sentenced to a life of bondage in the penal colonies of the Americas.
Both taken aboard the HMS Impregnable -- one as an officer, the other a prisoner -- they soon become aware of the strange relationships between the crew members, and are quickly initiated into a series of sexual power games. Gradually, another passion overtakes the two young men, as they begin to realize the depth of their feelings for each other, But will the class-riven society of the 18th century allow their love to grow, or must it always remain a dangerous secret?