Wishing

by Miranda Jarrett

• ISBN13: 9780671003418
• ISBN10: 0671003410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Pocket

Summary

From The Captain's Bride to Cranberry Point, Miranda Jarrett has enchanted readers with the passionate adventures of the seagoing Fairbournes of colonial Cape Cod. Now she creates a splendid tale of love found amidst the storms of life...in a stunning new novel in the award-winning saga from "a sensational author" (Rendezvous). Captain Samson Fairbourne is a confirmed bachelor, a deep-water sailor happily wedded to his work. When he pens a description of the perfect, obedient wife, and hefts the missive overboard in a bottle, all he has in mind is a cutting joke to teach his young cousin a lesson on the foolishness of wishes -- and women. Instead, his prank leads him to Polly Bray, a hardworking seafarer who is about to shake his disparaging notions of femininity -- while reeling in his heart. Left an orphan in a Massachusetts fishing village, Polly dresses in boy's clothes to work aboard her father's fishing boat, the one possession he left her. Pulled under by a devastating storm at sea, she is rescued by Samson Fairbourne, and a sparkling, passionate bond takes hold. But the handsome captain seems determined to confine Polly to his limited view of womanhood. And Polly fears she must surrender her precious independence -- or cut the stubborn, impassioned Samson adrift....

Author Biography

With more than two million copies in print worldwide, Miranda Jarrett's bestselling books are enjoyed by readers from Singapore to Poland to Australia. Her critically acclaimed novels of colonial America featuring the Sparhawk family have now been joined by her newest series for Pocket Books, featuring the equally memorable Fairbournes of Cape Cod: The Captain's Bride, Cranberry Point, Wishing, and, coming in summer 1999, Moonlight.

A childhood visit to a museum in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the hair-raising sight of an Abenaki tomahawk still thrust in the middle of a hapless English settler's door, convinced her of the magic of American history (once, that is, the nightmares wore off). But she also loves star-crossed lovers and happy endings, so she considers herself wonderfully fortunate to have found a career that lets her combine them all -- even if it has also made her family regulars at the local pizzeria.

Miranda is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in art history. A two-time RITA Award finalist, she is the recipient of many awards and honors for her writing, including the prestigious Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best North American Historical Romance. She loves to hear from readers, and can be reached at P.O. Box 1102, Paoli, PA 19301-0792, or by e-mail at [e-mail].