Lady Cassia McQuoid is about to be a spinster. She has suffered through three seasons and no one has noticed her. She decides it’s time to set off for some adventure that she has always dreamed about, but never been allowed to explore. Her brother's friend has a ship and she thinks it would be a good idea to stow away on it. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong ship and the wrong captain. Captain Nathaniel is about to be Duke of Roxburghe, but he is going to go on one more secret mission against the French before taking over ducal duties. Because this is a last-minute mission, Nathaniel has to hire some temporary crew that he doesn’t know as well as his usual crew. Cassia has disguised herself as a boy and Nathaniel quickly recognizes this deception. He tries to keep her safe, but he also has to keep up the show because of various sailing superstitions.
Cassia was extremely naïve about life on a ship and outside of the ton. The author makes that painfully clear in how many mistakes she makes and how she talks to the captain and crew. She gets a bit more serious once her life is threatened and realizes that it’s not a game and that it is, in fact, a dangerous mission. As you can imagine, feelings start to develop between Nathanial and Cassia. They start to realize that a life together might not be so bad. The chemistry between the two really starts to heat up. Overall, this is a great summer read, especially if you have a lake or ocean nearby to read at. This story is fun. It has some action, suspense, mystery and romance. If you are looking for a high-seas adventure, this is a great choice. I'm also loving the cover. It's a great color palette and it reminds me of vintage romance covers.

A quick historical romance read - I always enjoy a good pirate story which is why I picked this one up. If you''re looking for a quick romp on the high seas this may be for you! However, be warned that the "heiress" in question (our main heroine) is so dumb it really makes it hard to root for the main couple. She is mind-numbingly stupid - to the point I was rolling my eyes.

Overall, a quick read but nothing memorable. Besides the main heroine, there was nothing bad but nothing spectacular. As someone who reads quite a bit of historical romance, it wasn't a standout for me - to give you an idea of how memorable a read this was for me I read this a few months ago and can't remember either main characters name.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I love a book on a ship as it forces proximity but I struggled with the characters. I found Cassia to be annoying and incompetent. I did like Nathaniel, but unfortunately I think he needs someone better than Cassia.

I don't think I've ever read a Christie Caldwell book that didn't make me blissfully happy. The Heiress at Sea was so much fun. Admittedly, I do have a thing for romance aboard a ship and when the heroine disguises herself as a boy. This one absolutely hit a sweet spot for me.
Cassia and Nathaniel were so amazingly sweet together. I adored this one!

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I love Christi’s book and this one was no exception. The plot was great and the content was good. I liked the main characters and their banters/conversations. Reading historical book is like looking through the windows to past. Always interesting. Overall great book.

This was a really quick and well done read! I enjoyed the characters and watching how they got to their "ever after" played out.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review.

Thankyou to NetGalley for this arc copy in exchange for an honest review!

Cassia MacQuoid yearns for the same type of adventure as her brother, Arran. She comes up with the plan to masquerade as a crew member to join Jeremy’s crew, her brothers best friend. But she ends up on a different ship altogether, captain Nathaniel Ellsby. Nathaniel is at sea to escape his fathers demand of marrying his dead brother’s fiancée. He has been the second born son all his life and has loved that just fine as he could do whatever he wanted instead of being tied down with his father. But since his brother has died earlier than expected, he is expected to take over in his brothers place. He has other idea and sails out of the port of quickly as he can to finish one last mission. Both find themselves tested and challenged on this voyage.

I enjoyed reading this book but struggled with the writing style, it felt like there was so many descriptions of things and it felt very wordy. I loved the main character Nathaniel but want too keen on the female, Cassia, Everything about her annoyed me. I liked all the other characters. Everything build in well with the story line and plot. I liked the ship adventure and duel POV. The moments between the two characters were cute but not many sexual scenes, just implied. Overall it was good but I don’t think I’ll pick another book but this author, the writing style isn’t for me.

I enjoy picking up a book by Ms Caldwell. Her stories are always entertaining and engaging and captivate me. This one was no different. Stories set on the high seas are always exiting and this was just what I was looking for. Nathaniel is a privateer, secretly working for the Crown, and on his last voyage before going back to life on land and taking on his responsibilities as duke. Cassia is resigned to her fate as a spinster. But before she settles into that role, she sets out to fill her need for excitement by stowing away as a boy on a ship set to sail, namely Nathaniel's ship. Then when Nathaniel finds out the new deckhand is not a young lad, but a very beautiful young lady, the fun begins!
The story was well-written and entertaining and I had a great time reading it. The characters were well-developed and I enjoyed the grumpy/sunshine vibe they gave off. Plenty of funny moments throughout kept me smiling and laughing along the way. Great story!
I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

The premise of this book was awesome and unique, alas it didn't quite meet my expectations. Especially in terms of the characters and their development. Nathan and Cassia were a good pair but their attraction was quite lackluster and I found myself not able to connect with them most of the times.

A really entertaining Regency Historical romance set at sea around 1814. Lady Cassia has stowed away, (in men's clothing), on what she thinks is the ship her brother works on - except it's a privateer ship, captained by Nathaniel about to go on a spying/war mission.

The book is well written, with a slow burn romance and some steamy scenes. I partially read the ARC gifted me on NetGalley, but then I waited till release and borrowed the book on kindle unlimited, so I could listen to the included audio. Timothy Campbell does an excellent job of narrating and he captures the Captain perfectly. His female narration is not too shabby either. I wasn't too impressed with the amount of crying the heroine does, but apart from that I enjoyed the story, the chemistry between the H/h and the way the side characters were written. 4 stars.

Nathaniel Ellsby is the second son of a duke who has made his way in life being a privateer running missions for England against France. When his eldest brother dies, Nathaniel faces the reality that he must, at least temporarily, give up his privateering life and duties for that of being next in line for his father's dukedom and produce an heir with his eldest brother's betrothed. Nathaniel and his ship, the Flying Dragon, set out on one more mission before his father puts an end to his freedom.

Cassia McQuoid has resigned herself, after two Seasons and her younger sister being married off to a duke, to not finding love in the ballroom. Instead, she is determined to find a life of adventure. Inspired by her brother's and her brother's best friend's tales of life on the sea, Cassia dresses as a boy and sets out to secretly join her brother Arran on his best friend Jeremy's ship, the Waltzing Dragon. Instead, she finds herself boarding the Flying Dragon, and only discovers her error much too late, much too far out at sea.

I was initially very excited to read this because I love romantic adventures, and love stories about women who can hold their own and accomplish what they set their minds to despite the stifling era they live in. But... I was quickly disappointed.

I was immediately struck with how stupid Cassia was. I thought she was supposed to be a young, naive woman who had a lot to learn, but instead she was just childish, unable to understand the bare minimum of communication, and unable to listen to a word spoken to her. I felt that it was, first of all, annoying, but also somewhat forced and manufactured just to give tension to the interactions between her and Nathaniel, rather than for a good story or a good character arc. Her miscommunications and missteps were not realistic or understandable.

On top of that, while it was understandable for Nathaniel to be so upset and troubled by Cassia's attitude and general presence on his ship in the midst of all his responsibilities, the constant bickering and anger set me on edge. I didn't enjoy reading the interactions between Nathaniel and Cassia but instead felt upset and angry too.

At this point, I was 35% into the book and I had a vague, one-dimensional idea of the characteristics of Nathaniel and Cassia, and no faith in or idea how these two characters would come to love each other by the end. And honestly, no desire to read more to find out how.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book through Netgalley and the publisher. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

DNF @ 15%

It pains me so much to not finish this book. Pirate/privateer historical romance is my absolute favorite. And it’s become so hard to find any that are not just rape, rape, rape. So I was very excited to come across a book that sounded so promising. I love a romance on the high seas! But this was horrible! First off, I found the writing style to be incredibly frustrating. It’s page after page of extremely long sentences with an over abundance of punctuation marks, and purple prose everywhere. But it didn’t flow at all. The language felt so unnatural that I tripped over all the words and sometimes had to read sentences over again. But regardless of that, the heroine is one of the stupidest heroines I’ve ever read about! She disguises herself as a boy and gets hired aboard a vessel as a deck swab. Her first job is to paint the hallway, and in what universe would anyone think that that means to paint an entire country scene mural on the wall? Seriously, there’s a pink sky with clouds and trees and a house. She keeps getting so confused that these men are not happy with her work and keep asking her to repaint the hall. And then she just paints a new scene with the lovely “art supplies” they gave her, instead of painting it a solid color! She then realizes she has boarded the wrong ship and thinks surely they would be happy to turn the “boat” around and deposit her back on the dock from which she came. Because that’s totally going to happen. They keep pulling a Jack Sparrow and correcting her when she says “boat”. They want her to say “ship”, and she always responds with a “that’s what I said, please turn this boat around”. Does she really not understand the difference? She’s demanding, speaks out of turn, and gets away with way more than any deck swab should get away with. She orders the men about and demands the captain do things, and they all keep dealing with it. While also thinking she’s a young boy. This is just way too silly for me. I can’t continue.

I really am disappointed in this book. A love story on the high seas? Sounds wonderful. It could have been. This had everything. Action, great side characters, “pirates”, & most importantly a swoon worthy hero. The only saving grace was Nathan. Loved him! What made this book bad was the heroine, Cassia. I couldn’t stand her. I was hoping to come to like her as the story progressed, but sadly she became unbearable. She was too naive, to the point she was stupid. The crying!! Omg…..so annoying! Personally, Nathan deserves better. This story could have easily been 5 stars with a different heroine. By the end, I wanted to throw Cassia overboard & let her be shark food.

This book gave strong Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey vibes. I always have a weakness for books with a woman disguised as a man, so I leapt at this book. The main reason I took a star off is because I struggled so hard to like the heroine. She was completely oblivious to a lot, and instead of asking questions as to why she's getting in trouble for doing things wrong she cries. And she cries a lot. Considering she continues pretending to be a man for her safety, you'd think she'd be smart enough to keep her head down a little better....
All that said, I'd still give it 4 stars because of how much I love the overall plot.

Lady Cassia McQuoid stows away on a ship, that she believes is captained by her brother's friend. Low and behold she is on the wrong ship dressesd as a boy.
Nathanial is the captain of the boat and he just doesn't understand why the new boy can't get thing right. He is told to paint the ship and now there is a paiting.
This is a fun story and the plot is good as well. there is love and a lot of laughter, I hope you enjoy it.

It has been a long time since I have read an entertaining adventure on a ship at sea and this one had so much going for it that I couldn't put it down until "the end". Our two main characters were the dictionary's meaning of opposite - she was lighthearted, kind, smiling, a chatterbox full of naivety and he was gruff, bluntly direct, cold, hard and always kept his emotions in check.

Lady Cassia has been a failure on the debutante scene and although she has decided on being a spinster, she still want to experience some adventure. Cassia has felt invisible her entire life and her sheltered upbringing has made her lacking in common sense. So, when she decides to disguise herself as a young boy and sneak on the ship her brother and his friend, the captain, sail; it is not surprising that she boards the wrong ship with an uptight captain.

Nathaniel Ellsby, Marquess of Winfield, loves the sea and working against the French as a privateer for the Crown is a perfect life for him. However, after his older brother died, Nathan is now the heir to the title of duke and his father is dictating his life to him. He has picked a lady for Nathan to marry, whom he's never met, and threatened to ruin him as a captain with his own ship - unfortunately, Nathan knows he can do it. So, he is on his last mission for the Crown to go back and take a wife, get her with child and then his father will let him return to his men, his ship and the sea.

The meeting of Nathan and Cassius (Cassia's disguise as a boy name) was hilarious - I adored the way she stood up to Nathan's hardness at every chance and it was so hilarious. But oh my, when he discovered he was she - the hilarity just got better! He fought his emotions tooth and nail but Cassia's constant chatter, standing up to him and her softness, kindness and wit wore him down. He realizes this stowaway isn't ruining his life but making him feel alive and Cassia has slowly realized she has a lot to learn to flourish in the world with Nathan. Their romance went from antagonistic and emotional to passion, understanding and love. I encourage everyone to read this funny, romantic adventure on the sea! I voluntarily read & reviewed an Advanced Reader's Copy of this book; all thoughts & opinions are my own.

I loved this!!!! Cassia was so strong-willed, opinionated, chatty, and witty. She was so funny. The trouble she got into was just a mess and it made for a funny and fun story line. Of all places to end up, she’s on a strangers boat full of privateers. Nathan was so grumpy, but soon turned into a sappy love-sick puppy, and it was all the swoons romance you wanted. Just a hint of spice, mostly story line. It was very enjoyable.

Perfectly charming and heartwarming characters. Just enough heat! Interesting plot that kept me thoroughly engaged throughout. Enjoyed every minute of it!

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.

Great, witty banter and a fun romance. The main characters were together for most of the story, and their interactions had me laughing out loud. If you love grumpy-sunshine and pirate romances this is a great pick. It is an easy read, the plot moves quickly and you are dying to know what happens next. I found myself invested in the side characters as well, they are well thought out and have some depth. I can't recommend this enough, a fast and enjoyable read.

Sea Adventures are not usually my thing, but, of course, Christi’s writing, has me changing my mind. From the minute this spunky little stowaway landed on Captain Nathaniel’s ship, she had the crew and Captain all in an uproar. Cassia chatters incessantly, takes everything literally, and drives Nathaniel crazy. And soon he will be crazy about her! The dialogue in this story is witty and delightful. The clever banter between these two is guaranteed to make the reader smile! Added to this wonderful romance, there is page turning swashbuckling and suspense ! An entertaining five star read!