The Wild Winds — Catherine Palmer

A HEADSTRONG, IMPETUOUS VIXEN
Tegan Lloyd was a dark-haired beauty with flashing turquoise eyes and a strong mouth that bespoke the Lloyd stubbornness. When she learned she had been cheated of the inheritance of her father's magnificent whaling ships, she swore to flee the tame life of a Quaker woman on Nantucket Island for a taste of adventure at sea....

A HANDSOME LONER
Proud, ruggedly good-looking naturalist Elijah Tate was more interested in his books and animal studies than in people. Long ago he had closed his heart to love forever ..... Or so he thought until he discovered the secret of the strange young assistant who shared his cabin. Until he found all his defenses, all reason swept aside by passion.