Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
In 1811 during a sea voyage, Horatio Merivale takes immense pleasure flirting with the women passengers of the Coventry and scaring them with tales of peril. Most of the females enjoy his attention including Miss Pamela Godwyn, but her lady's maid Anne Hazlett finds the East India Company officer boring. However, to his chagrin, Horatio's prediction proves accurate as a nasty storm wrecks the Coventry.
The survivors including Anne and Horatio struggle at sea to live, but soon pirates capture them. Though they escape and adventures pile up, Horatio and Anne fall in love. However, Anne knows that as a lady's maid she is beneath Horatio's station and once they return to civilization her love and her memories will be all she has left to ease her heart's pain.
THE WILDEST SHORE reads more like a nineteenth century Perils of Pauline than a Regency romance as the story line is loaded with action that never slows down for a page. The lead characters are a passionate duo especially Horatio who allows his beloved the independence to grow and thrive on her adventure. This makes for a fun read though the audience will question the safety of such a position. Lisa Cach caters her audience with a thriller that requires commensurate time for a one-sitting read.