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"Where is Mary May?" thundered Richard before the young constable was able to conclude his sentence. Richard's eyes were wild with fear and dark despair.
"As best we're able to figure, your daughters were at the end of the pier." The constable began his painful explanation, having to take a deep breath in order to finish his most unpleasant announcement. "I'm so regretfully sorry, Lord Seaton. Your daughter, Mary May, fell into the waters. The sea was quite angry. And she...she couldn't quite possibly...have survived. I'm sorry. She's drowned."
There would have been an appalling silence in the foyer had it not been for Richard gasping a disbelieving, "No!" He turned to a pale, stone-faced Robert beside him, denial of the facts already apparent in his eyes.
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Mary May Seaton, left for dead aboard a clipper ship sailing for the destination of India, is cared for by Doctor Hunter Forsythe when she's discovered and suffers from amnesia. Back in her homeland of England, Mary May's sister, Daphne, is responsible for the dastardly deed and successfully dupes their family and fiance into believing she drowned. Daphne is desperate to claim the grieving Richard Maxwell-Abbott, the man both she and Mary May so passionately love. The voyage is frightening but Mary May is comforted by the dashing doctor. Can Mary May regain her memories of Richard before Daphne steals him away from her? Or will Richard just remain a nameless dream as Mary May falls hopelessly in love with Hunter Forsythe in the mystical land of maharajahs?
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