She had escaped, never to return!

Disguised in boy's livery, young Beth Howard had fled from her cruel guardians in order to avoid marriage to a man she'd never met.

But sh was shortly to discover that the perils that lay ahead were far worse than the fate she'd left behind.

For England was at war with Spain, and at this very moment the Spanish Armada lurked in the English Channel.

Little did Beth realize that soon she would be swept up in the bloody battle and her heart lost to an impossible love!