Victoria Lesser is due for some payback. The unrepentant matchmaker gets a taste of her own medicine when she's tricked into a fortune hunting trip that just happens to be led by an age-appropriate, adventurous--and single--professor. Luckily for Victoria, she brought her niece, Shaye, as a buffer. Unluckily for Shaye, the professor brought his nephew . . .

Like oil and water, Shaye and Noah don't mix--and now they're stuck together on a vintage sailboat heading toward Costa Rica and supposed pirate booty. As the sun and sea conspire to relax Shaye's hard-won self-control, the brash and impulsive Noah does the rest. And he won't stop until he tears down the walls of the sane and structured world that Shaye has built up around her . . .

Praise for Barbara Delinsky

"One of today's quintessential authors of contemporary fiction . . . Delinsky is a joy to read . . . Women's fiction at its very finest." --Romantic Times

"[An author] of sensitivity and style." --Publishers Weekly

"Delinsky has a special knack for zeroing in on the pulse of her characters immediately--we know them and understand what makes them tick within the first few pages . . . Well done!" --Rendezvous

"One of the few writers . . . who still writes a great love story, Ms. Delinsky is truly an author for all seasons." --Rave Reviews