Lynn Haywood

The Devil's Throat Lynn Haywood

'Charlotte' and her little brother 'Will' are saved from drowning in 'The Devil's Throat' by a handsome sea-captain, 'Nicholas O'Rourke'. How did they get there and what were their plans? Nicholas means to keep them safe until he discovers the truth, he suspects their situation has something to do with smuggling. A determined and young Charlotte heads on his vessel to London with a plan in mind. What she never expects is to unravel her parents' secret (Sally, her mother who is addicted to Laudanum, and her father, drowned at sea when Charlotte was a child) and her true family history. Nor did she expect to fall in love with Nicholas who is engaged to her new friend 'Alice'. They are pursued to London by 'Henry'. Did Will see him murder a man on the beach at Cromer? Can they survive a shipwreck when Charlotte flees back home on discovering Nicholas might be lost to her forever when she discovers he is engaged to Alice?