As the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens.
Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Refusing this fate, she resolves to stow away. Heading to the docks, disguised as a lad to ease her escape, she encounters smooth-talking naval recruiter, Gilly, who lures her aboard HMS Discerning with promises of freedom and exploration in South America.
With adventure running thickly through her veins, Grace is not a woman content with afternoon tea and scones! She would rather chance a life at sea than put up with the gossiping, judgemental, and unforgiving London society.
Adventures on the high seas, bursting with action, suspense, and a dash of romance.
Touted by readers as, ‘If Bridgerton and Pirates of the Caribbean had a love child’.