It is 1793. HMS Amazon is returning from an arduous duty in the Indian Ocean when she encounters a French frigate in the Atlantic. When Amazon left England nearly two years before the countries were not at war but any hopes that the peace still holds are shattered as the Frenchman unexpectedly opens fire - a bloody sea battle ensues resulting in both triumph and personal tragedy for Acting Lieutenant John Fury. A battered Amazon puts into Gibraltar for repairs and there Fury has his promotion co...
"Extremely well written . . . An excellent novel about a fascinating business." -Booklist "Breakers captures the dangers and excitement of the fishing trade." -Fairbanks, Alaska News-Monitor "Adrenaline-charged skippers, anxious crewmen, bleak windswept islands, waiting families, powerful boats-Breakers plunges the reader into this world." -Joe Upton, author of Alaska Blues Hank Crawford has come far from his days as a greenhorn. A skipper with his own boat and crew, he's taken on a whole new se...
Lords of the Nile (The William John Hazzard, #2)
by Jonathan, Spencer
Medal of Honor winner Commander Dan Lenson wonders who proposed that he be assigned to the White House military staff. It's a dubious honour - serving a president the Joint Chiefs hate more than any other in modern history. Lenson reports to the West Wing to direct a multi service team working to interdict the flow of drugs from Latin America. Never one to just warm a chair, he sets out to help destroy the Cartel - and uncovers a troubling thread of clues that link cunning and ruthless drug lord...
The work presents a woman of the new era in America. In an array of characters belonging to the elite, James has created a woman who is self-made and self-possessed; who knows what she wants and is ready to achieve her goals. The intriguing character mystifies other characters as well as the reader.
A Hard, Cruel Shore (The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, #22)
by Dewey Lambdin
"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of Sir John Moore's army from disaster at Corunna,...
I’ve devoted my life to helping lonely men and women find their perfect match. I know what true love looks like. I know because I experienced it—in all its tingling, pure, imperfect bliss. And then it was ripped away. Now mer shifters have emerged from the oceans. Critically endangered, they seek human brides to save their race. This is my calling. The job ought to be easier than it is. The mer can see souls, and they know when a woman is their mate. The catch? Convincing the women that ther...
