Bestselling author Carla Kelly's Regency seriesThe Channel Fleet continues, and the life-and-death stakes couldn't be higher for this dashing naval hero! Return to her respectable life...

Or take a scandalous path to marriage?

As her snobbish aunt's companion, penniless vicar's daughter Jerusha Langley is sent to take a donation to the local naval hospital. There she meets dashing surgeon Jamie Wilson and embarks on a secret mission--sneaking out to help him care for injured sailors!

With his life in peril fighting Napoleon, Jamie has never considered taking a wife, yet he's impressed by Jerusha's nursing ability--and beauty inside and out. Jamie knows she's risking a scandal by helping him. Can he risk his heart and save her reputation with a marriage offer?

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.