A pirate offers a twenty-one-year-old widow a chance for romance, adventure, and freedom in this touching saga of love and passion.

Sussex, 1763: As young widow Sarah Huxley celebrates her twenty-first birthday at the family seat of her uncle, Lord Endor, the festivities are interrupted by an uninvited guest: the notorious pirate Black Robbie, along with his crew.

By the time Robbie has collected his spoils from the partygoers, it is clear to Sarah that he is no common cutthroat, and she is irresistibly drawn towards him, just as he is towards her.

So when Sarah discovers that her uncle has arranged a second marriage for her, she finds in Robbie an unlikely savior, as he helps her escape. But as ghosts from their past threaten to encircle them both, they must endure their troubles to earn the safe haven they so desperately seek.