Alice Kingsleigh was the proud captain of her late father's beloved ship, The Wonder, and co-owner of her very own trading company with her mother, Helen. After a while, 'Kingsleigh & Kingsleigh' has now become very successful as well as popular around the globe and Alice couldn't be any prouder. She still lived with her mother in London, but in a different house that was built closer to the docks… and also closer to her most loyal and faithful employee, a rather charming young man by the name of James Harcourt.
Alice had hired James not too long after she started her own trading company and after he quit working for Lord Hamish Ascot (and after Alice had saved the magical, whimsical, and nonsensical world of Underland a second time). James had always liked Alice even before he started working for her and after a time… he almost felt somewhat attracted to her, but he knew that he should keep the relationship he had with his employer as professional as possible. Until one fateful day, everything changed for both James and Alice.