Dreams of escaping from bully sisters and overprotective parents consumed Cadence Quinn. All she wanted to do was get away from Belfast, Ireland... far away from Belfast. One fateful day, her ticket to freedom appeared in the form of Captain Finley Hawthorne, a prominent wealthy sailor searching for someone to fill the void in his heart. After he pays her father handsomely to marry one of his four daughters, Finley chose Cadence for she was a great beauty—not to mention innocent in all aspects. At first, Finley was sweet, passionate and full of promises to give Cadence not only her freedom but a lavish life. Yet, the fairytale turned sour for Cadence when she learns that she is a pawn in a chess game full of deceit, lies, and violence. Cadence escaped from one prison to another and a worse one when Finley had proven he was not this prince she read about in books. He was the devil incarnate and she would need an angel to save her soul or it would be the death of her.