An Enduring Desire
Originally Published as RECKLESS MOON, 1985 and 2012

THE MAN WHO SENT TO SEA
Bethany Forsyth had never known Bram Curtis, but she remembered the talk about him. Her father said he was a wanderer on the face of the earth. Her mother said he had "gone to sea." It was a beautiful expression, calling up images of a sky filled with foreign constellations. Beth wanted to meet the man who had gone to sea. And once she met him, she wanted to give herself to him in a way that both frightened and exhilarated her. She wanted to love him with a reckless devotion that would wipe out his bitter past. But could she do it?