Desperate people make deadly bargains. And Millie Acker has done just that.
 
After her brother, Boston, goes looking for the lost treasure of Talifi to save his family's failing fortune and goes missing, Millie seeks out Rumi Williams for help. Handsome and shrouded in shadows, Rumi makes her a deal she can’t run away from. Millie’s more than another soul on a pirate ship, she’s his five year plan. Unfortunately for him, falling in love wasn’t part of his plan.

Some people fear death, while others make death itself tremble.