Tides That Bind Part One

A sailor. A governess. A rich lord. Will their love for each other blossom only to die? Jonathan Stewart has always loved Lisa Jennings from afar. On the day she finally returns his passions, she falls with child, and the two are quickly wed. He finds a job as a sailor for a five year indentured contract to support his family. While he is away, Lisa loses the baby, and is informed that she cannot have another. When they meet again, Lisa tells Jonathan that they need only try again to make their family complete. Rich Lord Casper Beaumont falls in love with an intelligent young woman, but when tragedy strikes, he is left a young widower with a child. He adopts the alias "e;Carlisle Turberville"e; as he travels abroad to escape his grief.