The words of Lord Raine that her father had lost her maiden honor at cards to a visiting rich libertine sounded like thunder to the innocent Claire Harcourt. What could she do? Only to flee... Trusting the nobility of Rain, she follows him, but soon learns with horror that she has found herself in the dirty clutches of a seducer...

Fleeing from harassment, she is forced to break the law. And now Claire - a thief and a runaway - is already rushing into the darkness of the night... towards a stranger, in whose strong arms she hopes to find protection. A sailor's love is short... And there was no hope of meeting him again. What will happen to her, so trusting and tender, who threw herself into the arms of a stranger on that magical night?

Or was it fate itself that brought them together? After all, no matter how far she hid, no matter what tricks she resorted to, the hope of a new unexpected meeting never died in her soul...