Rita McKay | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Across An Ocean begins in the Italian countryside where Arianna Farrell is raised by a devout and loving order of nuns in the absence of her father. It is among these devoted women that she learns the treasures of her faith, a faith that will console her when she is forced to journey to America alone. It is on this voyage that she meets Captain Drake Tyler, a known rake and Savanna's most eligible bachelor. To the chagrin of his former female relationship, he takes an instant interest in her. Once in America she is taken in by the Blake family, relatives of her father, and introduced into southern society. Through it all she stands fast in her faith inspiring many, awakens to the joys of femininity, and finds solidarity within her new family. Though she and Drake recognize an enduring love between them, she refuses to put herself at the center of his life. When she turns up missing, he is brought to his knees with the realization that he is not in control of his or Arianna's life and pleads for mercy from the only One who can grant it.