The Master of Ships: Charles's Story: 2.2 (The Livingston Legacy)

CHARLES HENDRICKS flees to London after his wife gives birth to a child belonging to his younger brother. Devastated he numbs the pain with drink. Leaving a tavern one night he stumbles upon a cloaked female figure lying in a dark alley. Charles helps the stranger unaware the chance encounter would eventually alter his life forever when hidden secrets and feelings are revealed. A few years later he returns to London to search for this woman with the goal of setting right his wrongs of the past. Imprisoned by fear will unraveled secrets change everything for Charles after he finds her? ISABELLA became smitten with the handsome but troubled businessman from America who rescued her. He fled just as their flourishing friendship turned passionate. When the apprenticeship system is abolished Isabella has no choice but to create another life for herself. She disappears without a hint of her whereabouts carrying a secret with the potential to ruin everything Charles holds dear. Time passes when an innocent outing finds Isabella reliving emotions of love and abandonment she thought were buried. Can she still find the peace and safety she so desires? Or will fate continue to unleash a life of inescapable affliction? Reading Order for Series: Novels: A Slave of the Shadows: Book OneA Guardian of Slaves: Book TwoNovellas: The Black Knights Tune: Novella OneThe Master of Ships: Novella TwoThe Promise Between Us: Novella ThreeThe Fair Magnolia: Novella FourNovel: A Whisper of War: Book Three (Coming Soon)Novels can be read alone or with the novella series. The authors shorter works are best read in the suggested order.