Having been
chased out of their Mediterranean seaside home, Lydia Pallas’ family wanders the
oceans until they reach Boston Harbor.
There they hope to settle a bit and get Lydia into school. Tragedy strikes the family’s fishing boat and
leaves Lydia an orphan in a strange land.
Lydia grows
up and leaves behind the orphanage she loathes.
Determined not to live in poverty any longer she uses her skills with
languages to translate documents for the Navy.
She knows she is lucky to have such a great job working with men who are
fatherly and brotherly towards her. She is
comfortable and happy making her own way in the world and does not want
anything to change. Enter Alexander
Bainbridge—a one man crusade against the opium trade.
Lydia as
spent her young life relying on herself to get what she wants. She does not like change and everything needs
to be perfectly in order. Bane is trying
to honor God and make up for a young life lived in crime as an opium
trader. He inadvertently gets Lydia into
an extremely dangerous situation with his nemesis.
This is the first of Elizabeth Camden’s novels I have
read. The story is a unique and
absorbing to read. It’s not always a
happy read but it is well worth the effort.
I am looking forward to more of the author’s work.
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I received this book free of charge from Bethany House
Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
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