Bluewater Bride — E.C. Norton

Bluewater Bride by E. C. Norton is a whaling story with a twist - focusing on a young woman's coming of age during a whaling voyage around the world. Set in the last great days of whaling in the 19th century, Emily sails with her father, Hiram Wright, aboard the Halcyon to overcome the grief at the loss of her mother. Aboard she meets Captain Henry Gifford, a dependable Yankee mariner who was the best of his breed. When Emily's father unexpectedly dies, Emily grows to make a choice about the kind of woman she was destined to be - as independent and courageous as the mariner she chooses to marry in this voyage of discovery.