

The lead couple are interesting protagonists with both carrying baggage as they fall in love.

As they fall in love, he learns how complex meeting pledges truly are.

Evie tells him her sister is dead, but that her dad sold her this time to “Him” as she fearfully in scorn calls her vicious brother-in-law, Prince Vadik. Evelyn awakens in fear as she trusts no man as all are selfish and cruel like her father who sold her sister Ella to pay gambling debts and like her brother in law who killed her sister Ella.Īdam explains he lives by the sea to be near his late wife. He sees a woman jump off a cliff and rescues her. In 1825 Adam lives in an isolated home rejecting his family. His beloved Teresa is dead and he blames his wastrel brother the Duke of Rogues Damien for they were coming home due to his depravities. He is knocked overboard while the ship turns into an inferno. Adam leaves Teresa in the cabin while he investigates the damage. Not long afterward a storm hits the ship. In 1819 as they come home from Italy at the request of his mom, while at sea on the Hercules, pirates led by Black Hawk steal Adam Westmore’s wedding present watch from his wife Teresa.
