The Sea Child

In this enchanting,adventurous debut novela band of seafaring smugglers lands on the Cornish coastwhere a young widow with a mysterious past becomes entangled in their schemesΓÇöand with their charismatic captain. ΓÇ£A wonderfully romantic storyperfect for fans of Poldark and du Maurier.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöJoanna Millerauthor of The Eights Englandearly 1800s: Destitute and forced to leave her home in LondonIsabela young widow of the Napoleonic Warsreturns to the village on the rugged Cornish coast where she was found as a small childdripping wet and alone. Hoping to learn more about her enigmatic originssheΓÇÖs shocked to find herself at the center of a local legend claiming that she is the daughter of a sea spirit. As Isabel adjusts to life in her rented cottagethe coast is rife with smugglers and the Revenue Officers who hunt them. One eveninga group of dangerous raiders arrives at her doorcarrying their wounded captainJack. Remembering her late husbandΓÇÖs fatal injuriesIsabel decides to care for Jack and soon feels a powerful connection to him. Even after Jack recoversIsabel finds herself unable to forget him. Meanwhilethe sea calls to herand a Revenue Officer who likes to hang smugglers poses a threat in more ways than one. Before longIsabel finds herself caught on the wrong side of the lawwith violence and heartbreak looming. From the coves of Cornwall to the wild coast of Brittanyduring perilous raids at sea and society dinner partiesIsabel fights to understand her kinship with the ocean while seeking answers about her past. But when the threat catches up with them and JackΓÇÖs life hangs in the balanceshe must draw on all her courage and delve deep into the mythical heart of the Cornish coast. For only a sea child can turn the tide . . .