Lenora Farnsworth is desperate to escape the drudgery of life in Boston. A life that would have her marry for family ties, not love. She follows her father to help him keep track of the mines in the budding town of Blessings, California. There are no drawing rooms and stuffy suitors to get in the way of her dreams. Money means nothing if she must give up her independence to keep it. Victor is a man on the run from his past. His history is only as old as his last hand of cards. Mr. Farnsworth hires Victor to escort them to California, it's the perfect excuse to get in on the gold-rush. He gets far more familiar than he ought with his charge as they journey by sea around America. But when she begins to seek him out, he realizes too late he's been snared. Victor is forbidden. He's a rogue with eyes as tempestuous as the sea. Can Lenora avoid his charms, or will she be pulled under by the current?