title: Gifts from the Sea
author: Goodger, Jane
description: For months, Rachel Best has been watching the ocean from the beaches of Cape Cod for any sign of her missing husband. Although a funeral service was held, Rachel refuses to believe he is truly gone and she must now raise their daughter alone. Her hopes are further dashed when she helps to bring a single whaling boat ashore, only to discover yet another orphan of the sea--a brute of a man who is the complete opposite of her lost husband.
  
  Captain Jared Mitchell of the Huntress was in great spirits--celebrating a successful voyage--when he was separated from his ship. But finding himself under Rachel's care, and as weak as a kitten, is too much for the hardened sailor to bear--and a painful reminder of a personal tragedy he cannot forget.
  
  Now, brought together by fate, Rachel and Jared sense a growing affection--and a love which can heal them from guilt and fear if they'll only take the risk...