Holly's reputation was in tatters. She believed she had fallen in love with a duke only to find that the man was a rake. Distraught by the tawdry affair, she wonders what was in store for her now. Who would want to marry a ruined woman? She meets charismatic Captain Sinclair, he hands her a lifeline that she cannot refuse. She knows marrying him in this hasty fashion is folly but she sees this as her one chance to start her life again and have an adventure on his vessel bound for the Caribbean. Her world is turned upside down when the schooner is attacked by pirates. As the skirmish between the two vessels rages on, Holly is kidnapped and taken aboard the pirate's vessel. What fate awaits Holly at the hands of the pirates? Will her husband find her or is she destined to be lost to her world forever?