Book excerpt: A Lady abandoned at sea. A Captain who rescues her. Two souls who thought they lost love, will they find it again? When Ivy Mallory awakens; she finds herself on the ship of the man who rejected her love years earlier. Caught in the middle of a treason plot, she must help save her brother. To do so she needs to put her trust in the one man who can protect her. Captain Marcus Thornhill never imagined he would find a lady floating unconscious in a lifeboat out in the middle of the open sea. When he rescues her, he gets involved in a treason plot that will bring the war to their beloved shores of England. As he unravels the plot he is unable to deny his desire for her. When Ivy falls more deeply in love with him, will Marcus refuse her love again?