Hugh is on a mission of murder: he is desperate to get revenge on the swine who murdered his beloved older brother, even if he has to travel through time to do it. Hugh intends to kill his brother's murderer and take a certain map back to his own time in order to ruin the man's future happiness and wealth. However, in his quest for revenge, accompanied by two other time-travelers, he discovers that the person he had always hoped to protect is in the way of his vengeance.

Joss would do almost anything to keep her mother's little map-making company, Brand O'Malley, afloat, and she thinks she is marrying the prince who will help her do just that. Instead, with some urging from her friend, she starts to realize she may need some more adventure in her life. When an angry time-travelling sea-captain ends up naked in her office, she realizes that she may have more adventure than she can handle!

ACHING FOR ALWAYS is a fantastic book: not only is the storyline interesting, the way it is told is excellent. Cready does a fantastic job weaving snippets of narrative styles into the work to keep the plot flowing.