Nathanial has been the second son all of his life and that suited him just fine. Until she ends up on the wrong ship headed on a secret mission against the French. Cassia wants to have an adventure she is three seasons in and no one has noticed her, if she is going to be a spinster she might as well have a little fun and stow away on her brother’s and best friend’s ship to head out and see the world. The Heiress at Sea is set as a stand alone novel and can be read by itself but the heroine is Cassia McQuoid, sister to Myrtle McQuiod in The Duke Alone (sort of a historical romance meets home alone Christmas story). That’s the intention, at least-until he discovers that his woefully green deckhand is a fetching but vulnerable woman in disguise. But when his older brother dies, Nathaniel embarks on one last mission before he fulfills his ducal duties with an arranged marriage. Instead, the second-born son relishes his freedom to do as he pleases: pursuing enemy ships in service of the war effort. Nathaniel doesn’t want to be the Duke of Roxburghe.

So does notorious privateer Nathaniel Ellsby. But how can she be expected to lead a life confined to drawing rooms and royal balls when there’s a vast, exciting world to explore? Cassia can find but one solution: she masquerades as a thrill-seeking lad and stows away on a ship bound for open waters. Perpetually unattached Lady Cassia McQuoid has accepted her fate as a spinster. Published by Brilliance Audio on March 14, 2023

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The Heiress at Sea by Christi Caldwell