Overview

Excepting for the adding of some stories in the Dreamspinner Press edition of Sail Away Anthology, the content of the whole series is the same.

Order for first editions:
1. Ransom
1.5. Touch
2. Winds of Change
2.5 Gift Exchange
3. Eye of the Storm
4. Home is the Sailor
5.- Sail Away (Three stories anthology)

Order for Dreamspinner Press edition:
1. Ransom
2. Winds of Change & Eye of the Storm
3. Home is the Sailor
4.- Sail Away (Ten stories anthology)

The Royal Navy meets the Stately English Manor Murder Mystery, and if it were only a matter of Colonel Mustard in the library, things would be so much easier.

After an ambush by the French while on a routine surveillance mission, Will Marshall and David Archer are advised to retreat to the English countryside to avoid Bonaparte's animosity for a time. Upon their arrival, they discover that David's eldest brother has died after a mysterious accident and this puts his other, very unsuitable brother in line for the title. David's suspicions—that the new heir had a hand in his brother’s death—seem so unreasonable that even Will finds it difficult to believe his fears are valid. If Davy thought his lover was hard to convince, his autocratic father, who still sees him as the inept youngest son, won’t even listen to him. Davy and Will are thrust into the role of sleuths, trying to determine the truth behind the mystery.

All the while Will has concerns of his own: his fear of losing Davy is still stronger than his desire to keep Davy beside him on the quarterdeck… but he knows no other life than the Navy.