Kings of the Sea

Gideon Hand is cursed.

Barely surviving his trip at sea, Gideon returns home to find that his fiancée has left him.

Worse, when he takes a new wife, she turns out to be prudish and cold.

His only salvation is his beautiful mistress, Elisabeth, but even their happiness seems sullied by the cruel judgement of her neighbours.

For Gideon’s is a curse that steals love, health and happiness.

It causes terrible shipwrecks, devastating fires, and breaks countless hearts.

It drives men and women alike to madness.

As the curse passes from generation to generation, it turns everything sweet in life into bitterness.

But as each new character comes under its sway, can they find a way to break it and lead the lives they dream of?

Kings of the Sea is a tightly-plotted, powerful love story, spanning the decades leading up to the twentieth century and beyond.