When the oil tanker Carbon Carter works on is taken over by pirates, their only hope is a nearby SEAL team. Jordan “Quirk” Quinton knew Carbon in high school, but the strong, independent woman on the tanker isn’t the same as the impoverished, shy girl from high school. Impressed by her demeanor, Quirk asks for her number. Their jobs keep them apart for months, but both Carbon and Quirk are willing to make sacrifices. Carbon loves her life with Jordan, and everything seems great until her parents come back into her life and turn everything upside down. Can she and Jordan make it when everything they thought was true turns out to be a lie?