Honora Amorosi, a young woman not more than eighteen years of age battles with her desire for freedom and adventure over the expectations of her father, the duke of Valletta. When a ball is thrown to introduce her to eligible men fit to marry and one day, take her fathers place, Honora is thrown into the world of piracy upon her meeting of two dastardly men, law at their heels and swords at each others throats. What will become of Honora as she slowly falls for the men who would rather see the other die than swallow their pride?