The novel is set on the Isle of Jersey during Queen Elizabeth's reign and revolves around a pair of Huguenot lovers named Michel de la Foret and Angele Aubert who have been forced to flee France. Angele travels with her family to the Island of Jersey to await her lover's arrival. Before his arrival, she is sought in marriage by the Seigneur of Rozel, a kind-hearted man, and when she declines, he tells her he will remain her true friend. The ship carrying Michel to his waiting bride is caught in a storm and wrecked within sight of land and those waiting to greet him.
