For as long as he could remember, Harrison Trent wanted to captain his own ship and enjoy adventures on the high seas. Now a merchant captain of his own ship, the adventures are sadly few. Upon his return to London, he finds himself at a crossroads and not certain what he wants, when the cry of a child brings him face to face with the most delightful woman he has ever met.

Miss Perdita Valentine is happy with her lot in life. She'd been raised in a loving family and now she was in London working in a foundling home where she is able to care for children who had been orphaned just as she. She could not imagine her life being any different until a handsome captain delivers a child to their doorstep. However, after a threat to her life, Perdita soon learns that not all is what it seems. Not even her past.

Unfortunately, the only person she can trust is a confirmed bachelor who has stolen her heart but he might be forced to abandon her to face a dragon of a duchess.