Two adventurous spirits  Julia Howard longs for the freedom her inheritance will bring her--but with her controlling brother holding the purse strings, she's going to need a most convenient engagement... An encounter in the woods with a dashing stranger couldn't be more timely.  Wounded, his life at sea at an end, Captain James Covington isn't prepared for the dull ache of civilian life. He sees in Julia a fellow adventurous spirit--willing to risk all. Could agreeing to her outrageous proposal help him recapture a reason to live as they face the biggest adventure of all--marriage?