Starting over isn't easy. Edged out of her challenging career in fashion design and suddenly discarded by her fiance, Britney Thompson feels The Big Apple has chewed her up and spit her out. The small tourist town of Seaside, Oregon is perfect for healing her wounds-perfect for a starting over. Or so she thinks. When Britney meets Justin Peters, a charismatic attorney like her former fiance, she quickly learns that women want him and he wants women-lots of women. Unable to deny her passion Britney questions if Justin can love only her and, more importantly, if his love, once given, will last a lifetime.

During the turbulent time leading up to the War of 1812 American Bradley Anderson, strong-willed captain of the merchantman, Angel Star, foresworn to live life on his own terms, heedless of the feeling of others, lusts after the beautiful Beth Avery. But Lady Beth, the pampered daughter of Milton Avery, 4th Earl of Rockwell, resists the longing in her heart, choosing to remain in the safety of her homeland, determines to marry a fellow Englishman. While free-spirited Louise Jetter, desiring to cast aside the restrictions of her English Puritan upbringing, risks all for love as England and America clash in the rising tides of war.