Castaway Hearts
by Nancy Butler

LOVE HO!

Miss Lydia Peartree was looking forward to an afternoon pleasure cruise off the coast of Devon. But she didn't expect the captain of the Rook to have the appearance of a pirate and the manners of a sea dog. Captain Matthew Frobisher, once a spy for king and country, now spends his time training young men in the art of espionage. To his chagrin, his superiors have saddled him with a silly Society chit on what was supposed to be a voyage for his students.

But the captain is surprised by Lydia's courage during a squall that would send most women belowdecks. And Lydia is equally surprised to find that beneath the captain's salty demeanor lies an intelligent—and pleasingly handsome—man whose resourcefulness will free the shipwrecked vessel from the French shore. While the Rook awaits repair in Finistère—"the end of land"—Matthew and Lydia are swept up in a wave of passion that threatens to drown all reason...

Nancy Butler's Bio

Nancy Butler has been an Anglophile since she was nineteen, when she traveled to England to see Carnaby Street. ("I blame it on the Beatles!") Her frequent visits to an American friend living in London have furnished her with enough inspiration to keep writing Regencies well into the new millennium.

Butler resides in northern New Jersey with two cats, Aja and Puck, surrounded by her collection of artwork, funky antiques, and books. When she manages to get away from her computer, she can usually be found riding her quarter horse mare, Ginger, through the scenic wilds of Bergen County. Butler is the 1998 Golden Leaf Award winner for Best First Novel.