Following her mother’s death, Mary went to live with her Aunt, a move that also kept her clear of Ned, a young man from the village. When she finally arrived, however, her Aunt Patience seemed a changed woman; years under the sway of her hu…

As Joss’s night terrors escalated, they stirred unsettling truths to the surface, coinciding with Mary's gradual adjustment to life at the Inn. Burdened by the knowledge of the sailors Joss had taken, she sought solace and counsel in Franci…

As the pressure on her uncle and his illicit trade intensifies, and with Jem now held in custody, Mary finds herself unsure whom she can confide in. Desperate to evade the sentence of hanging that looms over himself and his brother, Jem res…