title: Rhode Island Rendezvous: Book 3 of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series (Volume 3)
author:  Linda Collison 
description: "An insightful look at life at sea during the colonial era, this novel offers a combination of adventure, discovery, and intrigue." -- The BookLife Prize<br /><br /><b>"</b><i>Rhode Island Rendezvous</i> delights and informs, offering a fresh take on the seafaring novel<b>.</b> ...Entertaining throughout, the expansive saga charts high-seasadventuresbetween New England, the West Indies, and ports in between intheeighteenth century. The third novel in the Patricia MacPhersonNauticalAdventure series picks up the engaging narrative of across-dressingsurgeon's mate who strikes out as a ship captain in aprofession thatwas then solely the province of men..." -- Joseph S.Pete, Foreword Reviews<br /><br />This third book in the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Seriestakes place during the years leading up to the American Revolution.Patricia has a secret: she has been living in disguise as a man forthree years. When Patrick MacPherson, her masculine persona, becomesshipmaster of the schooner <i>Andromeda</i>, she is delighted aboutthe opportunity to earn a larger share of the profits from sailing cargo to Havana and smuggling goods and Spanish silver coin back into RhodeIsland.<br /><br />An accomplished seaman and surgeon, Patricia has therequisite ability to manage the ship. However, the voyage presents risks she has never before faced. Nature's unbridled fury confronts her small boat, and other potential dangers greet her in Havana, including alife-or-death situation that tests her surgical skills. Meanwhile,vehement colonial protests against the unpopular Stamp Act have theBritish Navy on alert for and dealing harshly with smugglers.Unbeknownst to her, Patricia is on course for a tumultuous rendezvouswith someone significant from her past. And in a tragic twist of fate,she finds herself wanted by the British authorities on a more seriouscharge than smuggling.<br /><br />The story, interwoven with historicalpersons and events, vividly depicts the colonists of Rhode Island at atime when the Sons of Liberty movement was beginning to gain momentum.Precise descriptions of sailing a schooner lend verisimilitude, as dospecific details of medical procedures Patricia performs. Adventure isever-present, and romance figures prominently. As this absorbing taleends, it introduces a compelling new hook for the next episode in theseries. -- Cynthia Slocum, Historical Novel Society
zlib_text: Table of Contents
  The Return (Book 2)
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
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  Chapter One
  can’t understand this, Mom. This island? In the middle of Michigan? You were the one who
  always said as Californians, we don’t need to go anywhere else.”
  Penny stabbed her foot on the brake