May Byam grew up following her father to his work at the ropemaking factory and listening to her uncle’s tales of life aboard a Royal Navy ship. After tragedy and scandal shatter her family, May is desperate to escape the shame that follows her. Despite her mother’s pleadings against it, May signs on as a lady’s maid to the young wife of a naval captain. If she’s going to run, she may as well do it in honor of her late uncle and cousin and where there is food, shelter, and perhaps even adventure. But the frosty reception she receives from the ship’s clergyman makes her feel far from welcome.
Heartbroken young Chaplain Elias Doswell returns to a harsh life at sea, but preaching to disinterested sailors isn’t the escape he’d hoped—until a captivating young woman boards the ship. However, a case of mistaken identity ensures that he starts off on the wrong foot with the newly hired lady’s maid, who clearly wants nothing to do with him. But the close quarters of the ship forces the pair together, and May begins to see a side of the handsome clergyman she didn’t expect. As they struggle to navigate their deepening feelings, the danger of war with the French looms on the horizon, threatening their lives—and their love.
About The Author
Arlem Hawks began making up stories before she could write. Living all over the Western United States and traveling around the world gave her a love of cultures and people, and the stories they have to tell. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in communications and emphasis in print journalism, and now lives in Arizona with her husband and two children.
My Review
May had to find a job, her mother and aunt have one, but she has to find work to live. We are soon with her as she starts a job as a lady's maid on a ship. Now this is the early 1800's and England is at war with France, so there is a bit of danger here as she embarks.
We soon find May has a bit of a temper and feels she is right, and lets her emotions get ahead of her. She does carry a deep embarrassment due to her father, and feels inferior at times.
The author gives us a young clergyman that is also on this ship, he is such a delight, and the book reads with his thoughts and May's. Elias is fighting his own demons, with not measuring up, and falling for the wrong women, but soon sparks are flying between these two.
I loved how we are in battles, and how real it felt to be on the frigate, and wondering whom will survive, and whom can you trust.
This is a page turner of a read, and now I'm looking for more by this author.
I received this book through the Publisher Shadow Mountain and was not required to give a positive review.
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