

Since Florence was fond of Emory as a boy, she is determined to protect him. It seems that it was he who sailed Napoleon off of Elba, which makes him indirectly responsible for the Hundred Days and Waterloo.

He is Emory Althorpe, younger son of a local earl, a pirate, rogue and scoundrel, who is wanted for high treason. While walking on the beach, Anna discovers the unconscious, mistreated and nearly-naked body of a strange man.Īnna runs to Great-aunt Florence, who recognizes the man. For this impertinence she is exiled from her London Season to the isolated Cornish home of eccentric Great-aunt Florence. Annaleah Fairchilde is a spirited lass who refuses to consider the suit of Lord Barrimore, a duke’s heir.
