Sea Change

It is the year 1803 and England and France are barely at peace. When captain Oliver Westland of the British Navy is left by the admiral’s daughter, he seeks consolation and proposes to the woman’s sister Letty instead. Yet soon after their wedding, Oliver soon sails away. When he sends for his bride six months later, she is taken captive by the French captain Armand d’Anviers and finds herself falling hard. She is now trapped between the love of two men in dangerous circumstances. Can she find happiness still? The gripping love story from the early 21st century is written by Marguerite Bell, a pseudonym of the prolific romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate. Marguerite Bell is a pseudonym of Ida Pollock (1908 – 2013), a highly successful British writer of over 125 romance novels translated into numerous languages and published across the world. Ida Pollock has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. Pollock began writing when she was 10 years old. Ida has travelled widely, living in several different countries. She continues to be popular amongst both her devoted fan base and new readers alike. Pollock has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death. On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members. Ida Pollock wrote in a wide variety of pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.