Maya is a selkie—equally at home both on land as a human and in the sea as a seal.

When Iain, Earl of Stoneleigh, stumbles across her sunning herself on a rocky Highland shore, he steals her skin, putting her in his power. He makes her his captive and his lover and teaches her all the ways in which humans can pleasure each other.

At first Maya is content to remain a human. She enjoys the sensual games her master plays, and is eager to explore the bounds of her human sensuality with him.

But when he lets slip that he will never set her free, his betrayal makes her lose her will to live. He can force her to stay with him and remain his sex slave, but he cannot force her to submit willingly to his every desire.

Iain must find the strength to rise above his sensual desires and give his beautiful captive back her freedom if they are ever to find happiness together.