THE MERCHANT’S WIFE

SKYGGER OVER ØRESUND —THE MERCHANT’S WIFE

by Anna Bridgewater

COPENHAGEN, 1801. The English fleet lies in the harbor with its cannons loaded. In the midst of wartime, young, beautiful Klara is trapped in a marriage of convenience with the controlling merchant Jakob Vedel, and she becomes increasingly desperate about her fate.

WHILE THE CANNONS roar and the air is thick with gunpowder, lightning strikes her. She meets Christian, a sailor and half-English, and they fall madly in love. Can Klara break free from the merchant’s iron grip, and will Christian wait for her?

ANNA BRIDGWATER’S NEW series is compelling historical romance of the highest order, transporting readers to 19th-century Copenhagen and immersing them in Klara and Christian’s difficult love affair. It depicts a defining moment in Danish history and a woman’s struggle to break free from the bonds that bind her.