内容简介：
Mattie Malone has never known what love is until she inherits an old houseboat. As she puts all of her energy into restoring Patience, she is all the more devastated when it is unexpectedly demolished. The passions awakened in her for the old boat are now to be twisted into revenge. As Mattie sets out on a course of retribution by taking on the mob, she finds that other emotions can be stronger than revengea]those of the heart.