A Free Spirited Barmaid A Sailor with a Secret Past And the Locket That Binds Them Together Rhode Island -1872 Brandy, a lonely and fatherless teenage girl is rescued on the docks by a mysterious English sea captain who slips a silver chain and locket around her neck before disappearing into the night. Eight years later, the beautiful and free spirited Brandy is working as a barmaid in a local tavern where she once again encounters the rescuer from her childhood. Captain John Daniel Clayton and his brother Damon are only passing through Warwick on their way to Newport, but the dangerous and elusive Captain is hesitant to leave once he sees her again. When tragedy strikes, Brandy is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever. Irresistibly drawn to the secretive sailor, Brandy gives in to his demands and abandons Warwick to sail away with him. But as fate would have it, her reunion with the man of her dreams is not at all what it seems ...