title: A Star To Sail By
author:  Susan Delaney 
description: In Delaney's debut novel, young, widowed mystery writer Peggy Millwright discovers Owen Sinclair, a sailor who washes up on the beach near her Jersey Shore homeAclaiming to have fallen overboard in 1853. She doesn't believe his story but nonetheless feels compelled to help him adjust to the 20th century. As she gets to know him, his gentleness gradually warms her. While the plot meanders (an entire segment is devoted to Peggy's remembrance of her honeymoon in Czechoslovakia), Delaney's depiction of Owen's experiences as he discovers the wonders of post-1853 life and grows closer to Peggy are captivating. Delaney has written a moving story, especially in her description of Peggy's withdrawal from the world after the death of her husband and her struggle to learn to love again. (Nov.) <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  CRYSTAL LINE
  
  by: Anne McCaffrey
  
  Copyright 1992
  
   **Chapter 1**
  
  " 'And a star to steer her by,' " Killashandra Ree shouted to herself. Not
  that Lars Dahl could have heard her over the roar of the sea crashing against
  the bow of the _Angel_ and the humming tension of the wind through the sail
  stays and across the sloop's mainsail.
  
  She pointed to the first star of the evening in the darkening eastern sky and
  looked back at him to see if he was watching her. He was and nodded, his grin
  showing his very white teeth against his very tan skin.
  
  She was nearly as dark as he was after their circumnavigation of the main
  continent of Ballybran. But Lars always _looked_ the complete captain,
  especially as he was standing now—his straddled legs bracing his long lean
  body on bare feet against the slant of the deck, strong hands firmly on the
  spokes of the wheel as he k