Master of the Fleet

Set in an alternate timeline of America, up along the northwestern coast, elemental magic is part of everyday life. Richard LeMarnier is Master of the Fleet, with control over wind and water. Lord Sir Richard LeMarnier, the most eligible man on the Côte d'Or, had hoped to marry Anne-Marie during the Harvest Festival in her home kingdom. But he hadn't planned to do it this way. Bound by a blood oath and marriage vows, he was sure the woman he loved would never love him. And now, after surviving the worst winter storm in anyone's recollection, his ships are being targeted by an unknown weather-shaper, who is also threatening his wife. Anne-Marie never planned to marry. After the abuse she'd endured earlier in her life, she considered men suitable for only one thing-being taken for all she could get before they realized they'd been had. But something had gone wrong when she'd met Richard. She'd wanted to go back home and show off the social standing she'd achieved, against all odds. Now bound to him by blood oath and marriage vows, could she find a way to escape and begin again elsewhere? If she could survive until springtime, maybe there was a chance.