Benjamin Scott is a fair man and a fearless sea captain, but his heart is broken. During a fierce battle in the West Indies, he witnessed the death of his best man, Jack, who fell into the sea before Benjamin had the chance to confess his love.<br><br>Now, in Gibraltar, Benjamin runs into a stranger named John who bears an uncanny resemblance to his lost love. A friendship grows between the two, and soon turns to love. But John suffers from amnesia and wants to find out who he really is.<br><br>When John learns he isn’t Jack, Benjamin's first lover, saved from the sea, he leaves Gibraltar with a heart full of sadness. Once Benjamin discovers John has left him, he sets sail to find him. Will he be able to find the courage to confess his love before he loses John, as well?

Hearts at Sea

The most beautiful weeks of my life, he reflected


He sighed and let his gaze wander toward the dark peaks of Africa. Without taking his eyes off that glorious panorama, he patted his jacket until he felt the letter in his pocket. He opened it and began to read, even though by now, after having read it so many times over the past four days, he knew it by heart.


I can’t say how many letters I’ve written during my life, but no doubt this will be the most difficult of all.


I’m well aware that slipping out of your life, with nary a word, wasn’t the most shining example of etiquette, and if you hate me, I could understand. If you did hate me, that would actually make things easier. For both of us. Because then you’d be able to turn the page and start anew. 


Chapter 16