The Joy of the Morning: A serialized historical Christian romance. (Sonnets of the Spice Isle Book 6) by Bonner Lynnette

Author:Bonner, Lynnette [Bonner, Lynnette]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: edgy inspirational fiction, Historical Romance, Christian historical romance, Love Story, Romance, inspirational christian fiction, Women's Fiction, clean romance, historical inspirational romance, fiction, Christian Romance, Falling In Love, Inspirational Fiction, traditional romance, Mystery, Faith, christian, Christian romance series, Christian Fiction, Lynnette Bonner, historical fiction, inspirational romance, clean read romance, Serene Lake Publishing, edgy inspirational romance, Love, Romantic Suspense, Family, edgy christian fiction, Africa, edgy christian romance, Suspense, inspirational, Christian historical fiction, Inspirational romance series
Publisher: Serene Lake Publishing
Published: 2016-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

Trent had been correct about the wagging tongues. Commodore Cornwall had immediately sent fast ships to Zanzibar to round up the people on Trent’s list, and he hadn’t encountered any trouble getting most of them to talk. Their testimony would be the nail that sealed the lid of the Harcourts’ coffins.

Trent and RyAnne now stood on the shore below Commodore Llewellyn Cornwall’s estate. The commodore was about to board his ship to take the captives to England for a trial, and there was a great deal of glee glimmering in his gaze. He stretched his hand out to Trent. “Once again, I thank you, Captain, for a job well done. Her Majesty will be most pleased that we have shut down this ring. I’ve already sent ships to the smuggling locations you remembered from Khalifa’s correspondence. I’m sure we will have it wrapped up within a fortnight.”

“Good. I hope so.”

“Before I go…” He held out a hefty bag. “Your promised payment.”

Trent accepted the bag with a nod of thanks.

RyAnne was surprised when Commodore Cornwall turned to her next. “Young lady, I’m sure you’ve had quite an ordeal, but I wonder if you might consider sailing to England and sharing your story before Parliament? It is stories such as yours that help in the forming of new and better laws.”

Whom shall I send, child?

RyAnne felt a chill pebble her skin as an answer formed almost immediately in her spirit. Here I am, Father. Send me. To the commodore she responded, “I think I would be very happy to do that. If you set it up, I will go, providing”—she turned a look on Trent—”that my soon-to-be husband agrees to sail me there?”

Trent laughed. “I’m beginning to realize that there won’t be much I can deny you.”

The commodore’s chuckle was hearty. He slapped Trent on the back. “That’s as it should be, lad. As it should be!” To RyAnne he said, with a bow over her hand, “I will arrange for you to stand before Parliament next session, if that is suitable to you?”

RyAnne lifted a brow to Trent.

He nodded.

She turned back to the commodore. “Next session will be most suitable. Thank you for asking me.”

The Commodore waved away RyAnne’s thanks. “‘Tis I who should be thanking you. After all, you are a beautiful and well-educated young woman who according to the laws of the land ought to be stripped of all your rights and left to the whims of others. But thoughts on that are changing, and you’ve been through so much! You will be the perfect one to speak directly to the heart of the matter. Sometimes it takes the humanizing of an ethereal conceptualization to open people’s eyes to truth. Perhaps all the severe hardships you’ve encountered will aid the politicians in opening their eyes to change, eh?” He patted her hand. “Well… I’d best be off before the tide leaves without me.” With a hearty wave over his shoulder, he climbed aboard the dingy that would row him out to his ship, which was anchored in the deeper waters farther out.

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