Contents

One

Cerynise Edlyn Kendall stood at the lofty windows of the…

Two

Cerynise struggled to find a shadowed haven from the radiance…

Three

Alistair Wakefield Winthrop woke from a port-induced slumber to the…

Four

Billy Todd frowned as he glanced down at the breakfast…

Five

Gazing into her eyes, Beau murmured the words that bound…

Six

“What do you mean, you’re not going to bed with…

Seven

There was something very intriguing about waking up with a…

Eight

Cerynise lifted her head off the pillow long enough to…

Nine

Sketches of the crew remained very much in demand in…

Ten

Beau resumed command of the Audacious with a zeal that…

Eleven

The Audacious approached Charleston on the morning tide in late.…

Twelve

More than a month after her return, Cerynise came down…

Thirteen

The painting of Beau had been lifted to a place…

Fourteen

The Birminghams, one and all, gathered at Harthaven to officially…

Fifteen

Only a few of the azalea bushes were still in…

Sixteen

“No trace of the brigand has been found, you say,”…

Seventeen

October swept in, and as Marcus advanced to a marvelous…

Eighteen

Rumbling thunder dragged Cerynise upward from a sound sleep, and…

Epilogue

Charleston basked in the glory of a brilliantly clear autumn…

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