Ella Taylor

Inspirational Clean Romance When Ella Taylor is rescued from a lifeboat, adrift on the sea, and carried aboard a ship, barely alive, she conveniently assumes a new identity, in efforts to escape her troublesome past. Captain Malcolm Windward is reticent to trust the young woman, whom he's brought onto his ship and has reluctantly given his captain's quarters to. Yet, with his own shadowed past and burdensome secrets, he can hardly fault her for not disclosing hers. His interest in her heightens, as she rallies from near death and manages to win the sailor's affections with her feisty spirit and determined ways. Adventures on the ship, eventually lead them to England, where Malcolm and Ella must part ways. When Ella finds herself at the captain's family's home, in Maidenhead, and he offers her a possible future with him, she must make a choice. Her heart is inclined to say yes, yet how can she do so, when her secret threatens to destroy them both, if she does?