Books like My love, My enemy by Jan Cox Speas

Against the vivid backdrop of the War of 1812, Jan Cox Speas tells the story of Page Bradley, an impulsive heroine who risks a British blockade to sail to Annapolis. There she confronts a mob of seamen, rescues a handsome stranger, and hosts him in her father’s home. The stranger turns out to be Lord Hazard, an English nobleman with possible espionage ties. After Bradley’s sloop is captured by a British frigate, Page learns that her rescue could have cost her life. Driven by curiosity and courage, she finds herself aboard a warship bound for foreign waters and falling in love with a man from the enemy nation—an impossible romance that puts her recklessness to the test. The novel mixes historic detail with a clean, wholesome love story, portraying the perilous seas, political intrigue, and the emotional stakes of a woman who defies convention to pursue both adventure and love.

First publish date: 1961