Samantha Barnes, daughter of a wealthy ship-builder from Nantucket,
discovers that her father has engaged her to a business rival’s son to
further his own interests. Samantha flees to her uncle’s house in a desperate
attempt to keep her freedom and save the Barnes Shipyard from bankruptcy.

At her uncle’s she meet dashing whaling captain Dare Starbuck, a wealthy
man with excellent family connections and the Devil’s own luck on the high
seas. The friendship which springs up between them soon grows to overwhelming
attraction.

Samantha risks all by disguising herself as a boy and shipping out
as one of Dare’s crew to help restore her family’s fortunes. Only when
she sails with Dare can she decide if he is just interested in her because
of her social connections, or whether she can trust her life and love to
him, her body and soul….

 

Samantha was just reaching for the towel when the door opened. She
gasped, for the standing in the doorway was Dare, a look of complete shock
on his face.

He stared at her–and stared. His mouth open, he could barely get a
word out. “W-w-what the- Who-“

Finally, he clamped his lips shut, turned on his heel, and marched
out, leaving her dripping in the tub, and feeling as though she were about
to faint.

Drat it all. She had fully intended to tell him the truth.

To have him find out her real identity in such an abrupt and embarrassing
manner was not something she had ever counted on in her dreams of a romantic
reunion in which they pledged their undying love for each other.

Journey of the Heart

Volume One of The Starbuck Saga

Word Count: 77,000

Setting: Nantucket, USA, 1836

Rating: Sensual

Format: Instant PDF Download