Chloe Bradshaw is resigned to starting a new life following the death of her father. After all, the War of 1812 separated her from her love, Christopher Jeffries, the captain of an American merchant ship. Now Mrs. Mayes and her cat, Fortune, have found Chloe a position on the Essex shore and joined her new employer for Christmas. But things are not as they would seem at this house party. Is that ship on the horizon the enemy, or Chloe's chance at a life she never dreamed?
