Sailing into a Storm
“Sailing into a Storm” is my latest novel published Jan. 8, 2025 by The Wild Rose Press and available at Amazon https://goo.gl/B7lKMs and other book dealers.
Tea dumped in Boston Harbor isn’t the only trouble brewing in 1774 as Lady Meg prepares to leave London and travel to Connecticut to wed a man she has never met. She has two months at sea to hatch a plan to escape the marriage and gain her independence. She doesn’t need the complication of falling in love with the handsome sea captain during the voyage.
Blurb: Lady Meg bears scars on her back, reminders that she has no choice but to marry a stranger in the American colonies at her father’s command. He insists the marriage is for a family alliance, but she suspects a darker motive and resolves to escape her fate. Intrigue and betrayal surround Meg and her siblings, and her attraction to the handsome sea captain delivering her to her future husband complicates her plans. Will her determination to find the truth set them all free?
Captain Banner Youngblood is a second son and made his home in Riverside, Connecticut, while his older brother inherited the title and family wealth in England. His duty is to deliver Lady Meg to her future husband Eliot who oversees the family merchant business. But why is she determined to marry his friend when she knows he is in love with her? How can he keep his promise to stand beside them during the wedding ceremony and not interfere?
Excerpt: Captain Banner Youngblood wished his friend Eliot had a backbone and had journeyed to London with him, but they were both victims of primogeniture. His older brother, Wilbur, had inherited the title, lands, and wealth of their father and had produced two sons. Banner’s options had been to join the military or clergy for an income above the allowance granted by the estate. He’d chosen the Royal Navy and had fallen in love with the sea but not the violent atrocities officers inflicted on sailors. Three years ago he had left British naval service at the age of twenty-five and purchased the majority share of a merchant ship.
Banner had concluded business during the past weeks, and his men would continue to load his cargo and the portion belonging to Lord Dudlee for the journey across the Atlantic. He would collect the betrothed bride of Eliot when he was ready to sail. He prayed his friend would make the necessary preparations for his future wife before his return. The man had been reluctant to vacate his mistress and child from his home.
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