Amelia Beckett is delighted to be a widow. Married by proxy to a man she’d never met, Amelia recognizes that a fortuitous entry into widowhood frees her from meddlesome chaperones and matchmakers. Heiress to her mother’s sugar plantation in Jamaica, she happily anticipates working in a man’s world, with the additional credibility of her new title: Lady Lockwood.
But with the arrival of Captain Sir William Drake, her plans quickly go awry. William has traversed the Atlantic with one purpose. If he cannot prove that Amelia’s marriage to his brother was a fraud, she will be entitled to a sizeable portion of his family’s estate. He is determined to return this duplicitous Lady to London for an official hearing, and he carries with him a letter that will ensure her cooperation.
Left with no choice, Amelia joins the captain on his return voyage to England, and the two quickly find that ship life does not allow for evasion. Amelia and William are ceaselessly thrown together, and amidst fierce storms and ocean battles, what began as antipathy seems to be evolving quite unexpectedly. But as they draw ever closer to their destination, will the impossibility of their circumstances shatter any hope of a future together?
2014 Whitney Award Winner for Best Novel by a New Author.
Title: Becoming Lady Lockwood
Author: Jennifer Moore
Publisher: Covenant
Release Date: July 1, 2014
ISBN: 978-1621086895
Formats: 208 pages, 6×9, softcover; e-book
Genre: Regency Romance
This book is AMAZING!
Surely the NEXT BEST SELLER in REGENCY ROMANCE!
Take all of the fun bantering and serious propriety of the high society and place in on a ship…out on the open ocean…with an impending war…
And you the the makings of a GREAT STORY!
YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK!
SO. SO. SO. GOOD!
Give in to love and romance and the open sea!
A great Regency tale that takes place mostly on board a British war ship. I loved all the historical details and learning more about the ship – and the characters were wonderful too!