Ola and the Sea Wolf

The Marquis of Elvington, heartbroken to discover the woman heintended to marry has deceived him, decides to leave England and putas many miles as possible between them. Handsome, intelligent and agreat favourite at the Court of King William IV and Queen Adelaide,the Marquis is used to the admiration of women and respect of men, sothe duplicity of his intended wife strikes him a cruel blow.However, a thick fog makes it impossible for his yacht to leaveDover Harbour, so he is forced to remain on British soil anothernight. Anger swiftly chasing his sadness, he decides to visit a cheapquayside inn to escape the loneliness he feels and drown his sorrows.Sitting alone, his mind firmly fixed on how the woman he loved hasbetrayed him, he vows never to love or trust again. But Fateseems determined to challenge him as almost immediately he is forcedto act as a ?Good Samaritan? to protect a young lady, Ola, intent onescaping the clutches of her hateful stepmother and dishonourablecousin. Blaming his act of charity on the vast quantities of brandy he consumed and against his better judgement, he offers to sail her inhis yacht, The Sea Wolf, to Calais.Ola is brave, opinionated anddaring ? as well as possessing the most flaming red hair he has everseen. From the moment she steps aboard, decrying men and theirdastardly intentions, the Marquis is hard put to keep in step with her wild ideas and brave deeds. In turn admiring her free spirit andamazed at her lack of understanding of the ways of the world, theyform a strange truce based on the fact that both vow never to marry.But Fate has not finished meddling yet and they are soon embroiled in incredible adventures, too fantastic for either of them ever tohave imagined, that push their friendship to its very limits.