Baldwin Wellington is the son of an English Lord who has been ostracized from his family and finds himself in trouble yet again, for which he is punished and barely escapes with his life. Meanwhile, Bronwyn Kerrigan is a Scots-Irish lass whose father dies and she has to make an important decision about her future. She can either accept a marriage proposal or take an indentureship for Lord Fairfax in the Colony of Virginia. Baldwin and Bronwyn meet each other on the ship crossing the Atlantic where they will endure many hardships, to include storms, disease, and pirates.