His Make-Believe Bride

In "Guarded Hearts," French pirate Justin St. Briac, determined to remain unmarried, is compelled by his ailing mother to find a bride. He enlists the help of Mouette Raveneau, a woman with a tarnished reputation and two children, to partake in a pretentious marriage that he believes will be short-lived. As Justin navigates this unexpected arrangement, he grapples with the possibility that his mother may not be as close to death as he thought, and he starts to question his long-held aversion to commitment.