Life changes dramatically for impoverished Lady Viola and her twin brother David Northcombe when their father dies unexpectedly, leaving them a vast fortune. Voyaging home, fate intervenes again when the handsome but impoverished Duke of Glentorran rescues them from a perilous sea. He and Viola have met before, and the spark that was lit is still alive. Eager to be loved for herself, Viola begs David to keep their inheritance secret.