A gorgeous, quick witted Irish redhead, Gussie Malone is also a high class member of the world's oldest profession. Travelling first class on the Mauretania, she is sure to find the new gentleman friend she is looking for. It is Gussie's business to make men feel special, but only one, long ago, touched her heart.

But the most professional of women can make a mistake, and Gussie chooses adly when she picks out Clive Nicholson as her next protector. For it leads to her involvement in blackmail, intrigue, the uncovering of long held secrets and perhaps even murder...Then, to complicate this fated voyage even further, Gussie runs into Harry Parr, her lost lover. And Harry has an inexplicably keen interest in Clive Nicholson...