In the 1850s, Julienne Ashby was forced to change her aristocratic ways after the death of her father, a successful Natchez businessman, who, through financial neglect, left his family without a fortune. Like a fish out of water, Julienne sets her sights on a major project: putting a dilapidated steamboat, their only and last possession, back into service. She hopes to fill the family coffers and restore the prestige of the Ashbys on the banks of the majestic Mississippi. Desperate to find the necessary labor, Julienne will have to swallow her pride and hire Dallas Bronte, a humiliated captain with a vile reputation as a heavy drinker. Despite promising beginnings, the path is full of pitfalls, and the trials that await them are almost as difficult as the fiery feelings that toss them between love and hatred. Faced with a certain catastrophe that threatens the boat and all those on board, God will show Julienne and Dallas that only one of these feelings is saving.
ISBN: 9782897337025