When her father jumped on the boat with a mysterious briefcase, Rose Harriet Lambert was inadvertently thrown into a debacle surrounding a case of missing money. But she quickly becomes a missing person when the boat capsizes. Lost at sea, she surfaces on a nearby island and is told she's the wife of the mysterious Giles Gendron and mother to Josie. She knows this is a lie, but if she comes out with the truth, she might well go to jail! Will the god Pele be able to sort out all her worries?