Engagement of Convenience

Two adventurous spirits  Julia Howard longs for the freedom her inheritance will bring herbut with her controlling brother holding the purse strings, she's going to need a most convenient engagement An encounter in the woods with a dashing stranger couldn't be more timely.  Wounded, his life at sea at an end, Captain James Covington isn't prepared for the dull ache of civilian life. He sees in Julia a fellow adventurous spiritwilling to risk all. Could agreeing to her outrageous propos