American ship captain Richard Chartrain rescues aristocratic Lorrance du Montauban from beneath the guillotine's very blade, sweeping her off to America in his clipper ship. Suspecting that her family caused his brother's disappearance in France, Richard fights his growing passion for the lovely Frenchwoman he has installed in his Virginia home but cannot trust.
Irritated by Richard's disdain for her background, Lorrance sets out to prove she's no pampered princess, but when danger from her past stalks her, Richard can no longer ignore his feelings.
Together the princess and the captain must take on the evil that threatens their lives and loved ones, forging a future for themselves free of the hatreds of the past.
