Half a century before Titanic . . .   . . . another famous shipwreck captured the hearts andimagination of the world. In 1857, laden with gold and adventurers fresh fromthe California Gold Rush, the luxury sidewheel steamer SS Central America wentdown in a hurricane off the Carolina coast. Many were saved, many were lost,and lives were changed forever. Relive the experiences of her passengers, astold through the eyes of a fictitious couple who find love and danger on thehigh seas aboard this first "Ship of Dreams." On her own in wild, wicked, post-Gold Rush San Francisco,Della Gilliland has become a bit of a con artist, though a harmless one.Falsely accused of murder by a rival snake-oil salesman, she is forced to fleethe lawless city's vigilantes aboard an outbound steamer. Surely her quickwits--and tongue--can convince someone to help her until her pursuers are farbehind. Stuffy New York businessman Kent Bradford is shocked when alovely redhead he's never met suddenly introduces herself as his wife to animportant business contact. Fearing a scene, he plays along . . . for themoment. But moments turn into weeks and growing attraction becomes somethingmore. Then, only days out from New York, their ship encounters a hurricane thatthreatens not only their budding love, but their very lives. "Shipof Dreams starts as light adventure then swirls the characters and the readerinto passion and danger that challenge body, heart, and soul. A grippingread." - Jo Beverley, New York Times bestselling author