After her family's shipping business is ruined by wreckers, Elaina Dawes is forced into a marriage of convenience in order to save her family from poverty.

Did waves of evil carry her to the altar--or is there something else entirely at work?

As she begins to love the tall, mysterious baron that is now her husband, news of her family surfaces from the wreckage, leaving both lies and truth at stake. Will she decide to trust her husband? Or is he part of the evil that brought about her family's demise?

From the delightful village of Butterton to Cornwall's unforgiving coast, Elaina finds life and love.