Lady Amaryllis Langdon is not meant to be a bride. Her tomboy ways, once amusing to her family, have long since become an embarrassment. What's worse, she knows the man she loves, her twin brother's best friend, will never find her desirable. When her elder brother arranges a match for her, she realizes her only chance at acceptance requires leaving those she loves and setting out to find her own place in the world.
The only thing that has kept Gavin MacAllister, Baron of Dailemor, from professing his love for lady Amaryllis, is the knowledge her brothers would never approve the match. Her engagement shatters his last hope, convincing him to take a position as a ship’s surgeon in the Royal Navy. When he discovers the ship’s powder boy is actually his lady in disguise, he must wage war against both their wills to see her safely home… And into the arms of another.