Off the Key West coast, Rief Lawson works as a wrecker, salvaing ships and their cargo. Exiled to the outskirts of society because of his mysterious gift of sight, Rief's only respite from his loneliness is painting an unknown blond man. When a merchant ship wrecks during a violent storm, Rief rescues a drowning victim and comes face-to-face with his destiny.It is the man from his art!Heir to an English barony, Mathew Weston entered the merchant trade with his greedy father and soon-to-be father-in-law. Dominated by his father and smothered by the people around him—including his sweet but tiresome fianceé—Mathew is terrified to follow his true desires. Marriage and obedience seem safer than a life of secrecy and possible prison.After the daring rescue, a fire ignites between the two men. Powerless to resist his desire, Mathew soon discovers what kind of man he wants to be in Rief's arms. With this newfound confidence, Mathew teaches Rief through gentle touch that he deserves the affection he's long been denied. Yet their affair is doomed from the start. Two desperate men, wrecked in heart and mind, must find a way to salvage the chance at love fate has given them.