A action packed romantic novel of the 1805 period in which Captain Tyler has run his ship the Penelope aground off the French coast. While waiting for for the tide to free his ship from an uncharted sand bar, Mademoiselle Belinda Antoinette Boucher sighting his ship while out riding is thrwarted from reporting her discovery when her horse is shot from beneith her.
As a prisoner she is taken onboard the Penelope, However, because of her aristocratic background in which her parents met their fate on the guillotine, and her knowledge of the plans of Napoleon Bonaparte captured by Captain Tyler. The French think she has betrayed them when she returns to France ..................
Action on the high seas. A duel. A love and hate relationship. Historical facts. All which are the makings of a compelling read.
