Ship of Rome (Masters of Sea 1) Zoe Gilbert A wife holidays alone in

A wife holidays alone in Jamaica's cheap season idly hoping for excitement but finding the only man she can have an affair with is far too old and frightened of the dark

she starts offering "personal services" to high-ranking Romans

a man of startling mood changes and an ever-ready cutlass

police-killer and as his country's Robin Hood

Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers

Ship of Rome (Masters of Sea 1) Zoe Gilbert A wife holidays alone inAgainst a backdrop of the clash of the Roman and Carthaginian empires, the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas. Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome's small, coastal fleet, is from a Greek fishing family. Septimus, legionary commander, reluctantly ordered aboard ship, is from Rome, born into a traditionally army family. It could never be an easy alliance. But the arrival of a hostile fleet, larger, far more skilful and more