Under the hot Brasilian sun, waiting as the last in the queue for boarding the cruise ship to New York, Monica Jackson, is not at all delighted. Assigned as an auditor to this Steampunk-themed cruise, the journey is going to be more work than fun. But then another passenger is queuing up behind her. And when a deep, velveting voice from behind wishes her a "Bom dia" she turns around. Seeing the tall, strong, good-looking man, she starts to looking forward to a more promising and hotter cruise than she could ever have dreamed of.