**** From New York Times Bestselling Author Ruth Ryan Langan ... A Historical Romance Classic. ****
"... delivers it all with page-turning romance!" -- Nora Roberts, New York Times bestselling author
Scottish warrior Rory MacLaren first met the beautiful Mistress of the Seas aboard her father's French slave ship. Imagine his shock when next they meet at the Court of Charles I of England, where Courtney Thornhill is introduced as lady-in-waiting to the king's new bride, Henrietta Marie of France.
These two find themselves on opposite sides in the dangerous world of Court intrigue. Can love survive the reckless seas of danger?
"A popular writer of heartwarming, emotionally involving romances." -- Library Journal