Rachel King might as well be a princess. Gorgeous and talented, with a grandfather who owns a luxurious seafood restaurant on the Washington coast, the world should be at her feet. But, due to the 2008 recession, her grandfather's restaurant is foundering and his plans to save it involve creating a match between his granddaughter and one of four young men connected with the fishing industry.
Furious, Chel develops a plan to drive her suitors away, but everything changes when she discovers that she is pregnant. Determined to escape both her grandfather's suggestion of abortion and the baby's father, she runs away and meets a young street musician named Clancy who offers her a new home as his wife.
Desperate and unhappy, Chel agrees. But can Clancy protect her from her baby's father? And will she ever be able to forget Barton Drossel, the man she has always loved?