Working as a bar maid in Charles Town, SC, Jewel Sanderson, 18, patiently waits for the return of her pirate father whom she hasn't seen in five years. Her father's coded map to a hidden treasure was left behind for her to guard. Nolan Kent/Kenton, 25, tries to buy the map from Jewel. She won't give it to him unless he agrees to take her with him for the hunt. Nolan must fight his attraction to Jewel because she'll despise him if his secrets are revealed.