For twenty-five uncomplaining years, Catherine hauled freight along the freezing docks to build her husband's cargo enterprise, hiding the fact that she was the direct scion of a legendary maritime dynasty. On her forty-fifth birthday, her spouse arrives with his young mistress and secret son, slapping divorce demands and millions in shipwreck debts across her counter, expecting her to roll over.
Catherine quietly retrieves the vault keys to her family's colossal commercial fleet. Investigating the sunken vessel, she unearths maritime insurance fraud, illegal narcotics smuggling, and cold-blooded homicides orchestrated by her unfaithful partner. Laying indisputable forensic manifests before federal prosecutors, Catherine sends the conspirators to prison while taking the helm of her family's empire alongside Edward, the naval captain who waited decades for her.
