High Seas: The Cabin Boy

Description

High Seas: The Cabin Boy, is a historical romance, disguised as an adventure.

What would you be willing to endure to escape an arranged marriage? Margaret Wallingham was born to the wealth and privilege of 18th century British society. The high spirited, seventeen-year-old, red-head is outraged when her parents inform her that they have arranged a marriage for her.  Racking her brain to figure out how to get out of it, she reads an article in the newspaper that sparks an idea. At a shipping company needing crewmen to man their ships. She takes stock of her looks in the mirror and determines she can easily pass as a boy. Margaret enlists the aid of three friends to help her carry out her plan. But which would be worse? A marriage to Nathanial Braxton, a wealthy man with a high social standing – and a rakish reputation, or taking on the disguise of a boy and hiring on a ship as crew?

This is the story of a young woman’s desire for independence; her struggle with everyday life among the working class of men, and her search for the life and love she wants on her terms. Follow Margaret’s adventure from the British Isle to India as –The Cabin Boy.

For those who enjoy sequels, follow the continuing story in in the second book, High Seas: A Matter of Blood.

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