Georgiana Fenwick is a servant for wealthy Lady Burton, and she is surprised and flattered when her misstress's son gives her a bracelet for their planned elopement. She steals real jewels to replace the ones he gave her in order to escape. When Sidney pursues her to the ship she is leaving on, she hides the bracelet in the diaper of a child and gives it to his mother. After a daring escape from Sidney, she escapes on board a ship bound for New York, engaged to the ship's captain. Have to read this one first before the others in the series or you won't understand what is going on.