Adventure and romance on the High Seas as a daring English Pirates kidnaps a feisty American Heiress. Mallory St. Martin is a man with revenge in his heart. Born the second son, his brother was killed at Trafalgar, and he was forced into a life he’d never wanted, and wasn’t prepared for. As the new Duke of Chichester, he discovers that his father lost everything to Geoffrey Woodward, and the disgrace of it all, led to his father’s death. Vowing revenge, and seeking to win back all his father lost, he decides to strike back at Woodward through the woman he views as Woodward’s greatest treasure, his only child, Miss Elizabeth Woodward. As their worlds collide, they both discover that the greatest risk of all is taking a chance on love.

Lady Gemma St. Martin rebelled at the thought of having a keeper to guard her every move, but when she met her keeper, the rakishly charming Scotsman, Archie Campbell, her rebellion turned to surrender. Independent and free spirited, Gemma St. Martin wanted to dictate her fate in life. When she sets her sights on a totally unsuitable husband, however, Mallory St. Martin intervenes, and hires her a keeper—the mysterious Scotsman, Archie Campbell. Archie loses his heart to Lady Gemma the first time he sets eyes on her and decides to make her his, but a tragic secret connects both families that just might destroy their chances of finding happiness.