Changing Winds of Fate — Peggy McGee

Changing Winds of Fate: London: England - 1860 Eliza Johnson had no choice. She had to escape upon her mother's passing after her stepfather promised her to his business partner - a widower with four young children. She knew it was because they wanted access to an inheritance before she turned one and twenty. After it was announced unexpectedly at a ton event, she hastily climbed from her bedroom window and managed to clandestinely board an American-based ship where she knew her deceased father had kin. Figuring it was divine intervention, she discovered family aboard who welcomed her. Yet, her problems just began, sailing into the throes of the Civil War while attempting to escape her pursuers. By this time, her newly-found sailing family attempted to protect her, yet it would involve hiding in a hunting lodge in Scotland where she met handsome Tarek MacKinney and then being whisked off to Jamaica to a family-owned plantation that became their new headquarters during the war. Despite the danger, she couldn't help maintaining feelings for her handsome captain cousin, but was equally attracted to fun-loving Tarek. Both were there to protect her, but which one would she ultimately choose as her life partner? If you enjoy a clean and adventurous Civil War era novel, this one will keep you mesmerized from beginning-to-end.