Swashbuckling adventure is in store of Eloise Covington when dire family circumstances force her to disguise herself as a boy and stow away as a deckhand on a pirate ship. She soon finds herself drawn to the marauding life and even more so, to the notorious pirate Captain Hawk. But once her true identity is revealed, Eloise must choose between continuing a dark and dangerous life at sea, or returning to the safety of her family and proper society.