Of Ships and Sealing Wax
What might happen if one of Jane Austen's heroines encountered a character from the novels of Patrick O'Brian but the sparks really flew?
In the early days of England's war against Revolutionary France, Captain Edward Trewin of the British Royal Navy is one of the nation's most successful frigate commanders, but his private life is falling apart. His wife Julia, who bitterly resented his eagerness to sail to war, has not answered any of his letters for more than a year. Dispirited, Edward sails his battle-scarred ship directly for the dockyard in Portsmouth, bypassing his home in Cornwall.
He faces a lonely existence ashore for months on end while Palladium is made ready for service, but a spontaneous invitation results in an unexpected challenge--temptation. As a houseguest of his former commanding officer, Edward finds himself gradually drawn to his host's capable but neglected daughter Caroline. What transpires in Portsmouth changes everything. A "hero for the nation" now finds himself all at sea on dry land. How will Edward and two very different yet remarkable women resolve this tangle of love, honor, and duty?
Of Ships and Sealing Wax is a richly atmospheric upmarket historical novel with a bittersweet love thread, featuring a nuanced male protagonist, compelling female characters, and the backdrop of war. The reader will find emotional depth and dramatic immersion in a deeply romantic historical novel that is, nevertheless, not a romance.
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