Books like Sea Change by Marguerite Bell

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, *Sea Change* follows Captain Oliver Westland during the fragile peace of 1803. When his expected bride elopes and his wife is kidnapped by the enemy, Oliver turns to Letty, the sister of the woman he loves, and remarries her on his ship. Shortly after their marriage, Letty is summoned to join Oliver aboard a transport bound for Antigua. Mid‑voyage, she finds herself shipwrecked onto a French man‑of‑war, where she encounters Captain Armand d'Anviers. As the French and English armies ignite one another across the Atlantic, Letty must choose between two powerful men and their conflicting loyalties. The novel moves from a remote Atlantic island to the bustling colonial hub of Antigua, and back to an England bracing for invasion. As the conflict crescendos, Letty’s romantic decisions collide with the historic Battle of Trafalgar, forcing her to confront love, duty, and survival.

First publish date: 2002