I was hooked right away. My first Connie Mason book but I already went out and bought 2 more. I hope they are all this good. Not quite as good as Beatrice Small stories but enjoyable to read. Good characters, good story line which I leave to others to describe. It had just enough of everything to make you want to keep reading. I understand about not recognizing Guy but you have to over look some of these things in our romance stories. This was a good story and I would recommend it to a friend and especially if you like pirate romance stories which I definitly do. I rated it 4 1/2 stars.