A fast-paced adventure and love story set aboard the Mayflower voyage of 1620.

Jedediah Trelawney performs a good deed and is rewarded with passage to America on the overcrowded Mayflower.  

Smitten by Desire Minter, he dreams of making her his wife. As Jed undertakes arduous tasks alongside the crew and studies the healing arts with the ship’s physician, Desire shows signs of warming to him. Jed flourishes as Doctor Fuller’s apprentice, challenging traditional methods and seeking kinder ways to treat the sick. He earns the trust and respect of fellow passengers and aspires to becoming a colony physician. 

But Jed has a dark secret. When hostile John Billington claims to know the details, Jed becomes the victim of bullying and bribery while trying to prevent his secret from being shared. Somehow, Jed must silence Billington for good, or risk losing everything — including his life. 

A page-turning tale about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. 

“A gritty absorbing read.”