On her eighteenth birthday, Clara Nears is forced to leave the convent that has been her home for most of her life, having no idea where to go, when a man appears to take her to her father. A man she's never know of, who turns out to be a pirate, and not just a pirate—the king of pirates. With no sons and ill health, he is now seeking an heir, but nothing would be so simple as him giving her his estate. 

Ruthless and ambitious pirate, Christian Rossi, has been seeking a means of advancing his ambition and this opportunity is just what he's been looking for. Some naïve and ill-equipped girl is not going to stand in his way. Nothing will stop him from taking Tortuga Bay.