Fate's Fortune ~ Paperback ~ Laurie Carroll

Five years after a tragic shipwreck, Meghan Windgate finally recovers her memory and understands the reason for her terrible nightmares. Now, the ghost of her murdered father is calling her to avenge him and her twin brother. But her powerful, ruthless enemy will stop at nothing to retain an empire built through deceit and murder. How can Meg hope to bring peace to her father's and brother's restless souls? To gain her own revenge and win back her legacy? After twelve years in America, Hugh Stevens has returned to England to right a terrible wrong and recover two priceless family heirlooms. Meg Windgate was eight years old when last he saw her. Now a woman grown, Hugh finds himself strongly attracted to the daughter of the man he's sworn to ruin. When Hugh discovers Meg's enemy is his as well, he suggests pooling their resources. She refuses. Instead, directed by her father's ghost, she goes to sea to rob their enemy's ships and bring down his empire from afar. Hugh, convinced Meg and he are fated to be together, strives to help her in any way he can. But he doesn't know the secret she keeps from him. A secret that could destroy their love . . .