Five years after pirates attacked his ship, Royal Navy sailor Christopher Kastle returns home to Victorian England to find his once wealthy family in financial ruin. Within months, the unexpected opportunity to marry Violet - eldest daughter of the ridiculously wealthy Noah Bell - gives Christopher hope that he might provide for his seven younger sisters. While he has no intention of falling in love, Violet Bell proves to be a beam of light in his dark world, captivating the ragged sailor in an instant. Now, Christopher must protect his betrothed from the damning shackles of his past, and of the pirate curse that has followed him across the seas and all the way back home.