The Widow's Absolutely Wild Captain (The Notorious Briarwoods #16)

Captain Calchas Briarwood has come home from years of war at sea. He’s ready for a wild Briarwood life, brimming with good family, good fun, and good friends. When Hester Floyd asks for his help, he’s ready to oblige but he’s shocked to find that the widow awakens a protective streak in him so intense that it steals his breath and his senses. But he soon finds a landlocked life is no easy thing. Calchas may have to choose between the siren call of the sea and the woman who calls to his heart.

After marrying far beneath her station for love, Hester Floyd is now a widow. Though she chose a life away from the ton, with little income and no family, she knows she must now turn to those in power for help. Who better than the man her husband spoke so respectfully of, Captain Calchas Briarwood? Surely, he will back her small tea shop if she can show him that she can be a success. For as a child, her only joy was helping the cook bake her beloved pastries. But he is far more beautiful and fascinating than she ever could have imagined, tempting her heart to love once more. Can his wild spirit be tamed by the humble dreams of her tea shop or will the call of adventure part them forever?