Taffy Jamison seemed to be waiting all of her life. She waited through poverty, through hunger and cold. She waited through despair and she waited alone. In the turmoil of the years before the Civil War there was money to be made, goods to be shipped and sold. He may have been called a pirate, a businessman, or even a scoundrel, but Captain Christian Burrows was exactly what Taffy needed. She only had to recognize him. Some great loves last a lifetime and some only moments. For Christian and Taffy every minute would have to count.