Eliza Banes, her ambition for adventure and her penchant for trouble, have often been trying on her poor mama's nerves. All her mother desires is for Eliza to be married and settled, but Eliza has other plans. Seizing an opportunity to stow away on a merchant ship to live out her dreams of seeing the world, Eliza has no idea what she is getting herself into. What she thought would be a harmless adventure sees her experience new challenges, rowdy sailors, evil pirates, and it brings her face to face with the surliest sea captain with a heart of pure gold. Eliza is about to discover the true meaning of, "be careful what you wish for."

Cenyl was just a new born when her mother, father and brother died. She was just a small child when her grandmother went too. She is 22 when her grandfather dies. Cenyl, who has lived her whole life with him, is forced to move out. She moves in with the detective she met at the crime scene and the two of them begin to solve her grandfather's demise. But it's not just her grandfather. All of Cenyl's family is dead but aunt. Is murder hereditary? Or does some one just really hate their DNA?