#1 New York Times bestselling writer Stephanie Laurens presents the first publication in the Adventurers Quartet, a riveting blend of Regency-era high-seas adventure.

How does relationship function? If convention is set aside and is no more there to steer … what then?

The moment Captain Declan Frobisher lays eyes on Woman Edwina Delbraith, he knows she’s the girl he wants as his wife. The scion of the seafaring dynasty familiar with achievement, he discovers that wooing Edwina is certainly surprisingly straightforward- about The Lady’s Order not really least because she helps it be plain that she desires him just as much as he wants her.

Declan’s eyesight of relationship is of a gently-reared wife to grace his arm, manage his home, and bear his children. He assumes that the household, children, and wife will stay safely in Britain while he continues his lifestyle as an explorer cruising the high seas, and he gets his wish-up to a point. He and Edwina are wed, however the rest of his eyesight doesn’t come out just how he expected.

Even before the knot is linked, Edwina shatters the illusion that her character is as delicate, ethereal, and fragile as her appearance suggests. Far from sticking with orthodox mores, she and her ducal family are even more unconventional compared to the Frobishers. Beneath her fairy-princess outdoor, Edwina possesses a backbone of steel-one that might bend but won’t break. So mere weeks to their honeymoon, when Declan is required to sail to Western Africa, Edwina understands she must accompany him.

A secret mission with unknown villains flings unforeseen dangers to their route simply because Declan and Edwina find that making an unconventional marriage work requires something they both possess: striking and adventurous hearts.