We are introduced to Amelia Carew on her 25th birthday. She is excited at the possible proposal from the doctor, Luke, who was about to pop the question when he was interrupted by her young nephews.
All goes downhill from there, when she receives a letter from Midshipman Edmund Melville, her fiance who Amelia believed to have died 18 months previously.
These opening chapters build up the tension (although it is rather predictable) and one is left wondering whether Edmund will return and who Amelia will give her heart to.
All goes downhill from there, when she receives a letter from Midshipman Edmund Melville, her fiance who Amelia believed to have died 18 months previously.
These opening chapters build up the tension (although it is rather predictable) and one is left wondering whether Edmund will return and who Amelia will give her heart to.