SYNOPSIS

She risks everything to deliver gold to the Confederacy.

Lillie Coulbourne marks time in Paris while the Civil War rages back home. While translating dispatches for the French Finance Ministry, she accepts a spy mission through the Union blockade. When the captain of the only blockade runner headed back to a Southern port won't deal with women, or spies, she sneaks aboard as his cabin boy.

Blockade-runner Captain Jack Roberts refuses to risk his ship, or his heart.

He’s never been caught, and he's not about to let a spoiled American heiress ruin his perfect record. After he discovers her deception, he fails miserably at keeping her at arm's length and vows to send her packing on the first mail ship back to England. When she surprises him with her skill as a seaman and navigator, he grudgingly allows her to finish the run.

Ultimately, he has to follow his heart - Lillie or his ship?

The hard realities she faces behind Confederate lines turn her from a girl convinced of the glory of a cause into a young woman who realizes there’s more than one side to every conflict and no matter the rationalization, war is hell. She discovers that whilst wealthy Southerners party their way through the war safely ensconced in Paris, poorer families in the South bear the brunt of hardships when caught between two warring armies.

Can Lillie let go of her assumptions about the war, or will she walk away from the only man she might ever love? Buy this tale of romance on the high seas today to discover their choices.

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