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Against the Tide
Christian historical romance
Against the Tide
In 1890s Boston, orphaned Lydia Pallas has turned her gift for languages into stable work translating documents for the U.S. Navy. Mysterious Alexander Banebridge recruits her for a covert campaign against the opium trade, drawing her from ordered office life into moral and physical danger. His past inside the criminal organization gives him vital knowledge but also makes trust difficult when their mission becomes personal. Intelligent and suspenseful, this historical romance suits readers who enjoy linguist heroines, secret investigations, maritime Boston, wounded reformers, and stories confronting addiction and exploitation while allowing tenderness to grow between two fiercely self-reliant people.
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