4 STARS!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For too long, Miss Jane Burke’s father has taken advantage of her painstaking research. Heading to the South Seas to make her own name as a scientist despite the crew’s insistence that a woman aboard is bad luck, she isn't prepared to be championed by a handsome ship’s officer who rouses longings inside her as wild as any storm…
For Lieutenant Charles Dance, a post on His Majesty’s survey ship Tenacious is just one more dutiful rung on the ladder of his career. Even a headstrong bluestocking on board is less troubling than the ship’s drunken captain—and the ferocious gales that drive the ship off course. Stranded on a remote island, passion blazes between them as hot as the sun, but it’s Jane’s love Charles wants forever…
MY REVIEW:
Falling in love on the sea is challenging. Falling in love when you’re pretending is next to impossible, but Ms. Essex makes it happen!
Our heroine, Jane, deceives her way aboard a ship where everyone is already suspicious of things that have happened. Toss in the Captain dying an untimely death, and that death being covered up, a new Captain taking over (who really isn’t a Captain), and the old wives tale of bad luck = women aboard a ship and what do you get? Action packed love story with a twist.
This read was engaging and full of suspense. The longing and conflict between the hero and heroine made the pages turn. It was a great read, and one many readers will eat up faster than any ship can move.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For too long, Miss Jane Burke’s father has taken advantage of her painstaking research. Heading to the South Seas to make her own name as a scientist despite the crew’s insistence that a woman aboard is bad luck, she isn't prepared to be championed by a handsome ship’s officer who rouses longings inside her as wild as any storm…
For Lieutenant Charles Dance, a post on His Majesty’s survey ship Tenacious is just one more dutiful rung on the ladder of his career. Even a headstrong bluestocking on board is less troubling than the ship’s drunken captain—and the ferocious gales that drive the ship off course. Stranded on a remote island, passion blazes between them as hot as the sun, but it’s Jane’s love Charles wants forever…
MY REVIEW:
Falling in love on the sea is challenging. Falling in love when you’re pretending is next to impossible, but Ms. Essex makes it happen!
Our heroine, Jane, deceives her way aboard a ship where everyone is already suspicious of things that have happened. Toss in the Captain dying an untimely death, and that death being covered up, a new Captain taking over (who really isn’t a Captain), and the old wives tale of bad luck = women aboard a ship and what do you get? Action packed love story with a twist.
This read was engaging and full of suspense. The longing and conflict between the hero and heroine made the pages turn. It was a great read, and one many readers will eat up faster than any ship can move.