That Unconventional Ashley Girl by JoAnna Marie

1850.Janelle Ashley owns a shipyard. She even helps design the ships. Except no-one can know about it because, well, because she’s a woman. Even in her own shipyard she must disguise herself as a young man so a client will not accidentally discover it is a woman . . . a very pretty and a very young one at that . . . who is the guiding force behind the design and construction of his very expensive ship.So, her cousin Hector is the public face of the company while she’s forced to skulk around directing things from the shadows.Blaize Cullen is in need of a new ship. Cullen Shipping and Trading has had a longstanding relationship with Ashley Shipyard, so of course he calls on Hector Ashley to build his new ship. When Blaize attends a gala and meets Hector’s sweet and charming cousin for the first time, he is immediately smitten with her. Not only is Janelle Ashley easy on the eyes but she’s keenly intelligent, as well as kind and gracious.In fact, she’s everything a man could want in a wife.A wife! Until now, Blaize Cullen has never had any desire to take a wife. After all, he is a handsome and wealthy young man with more than his share of accommodating admirers. But the lovely Miss Ashley has managed to change his mind about marriage.Unfortunately, there are a couple of roadblocks before he can make his intentions known to the young lady. For one, her cousin insists that Blaize must end his relationships with two other young ladies before he can come courting Janelle.Not a problem.Well, except for maybe one little itsy bitsy one.Sonia Fisher, his former mistress who happens to be one of the two young ladies in question.Sonia Fisher is not a miss who takes rejection well. Sonia has her own reasons for wanting to keep Blaize in her life. She is not happy when Blaize informs her he is ending their relationship . . . again. And she’s even less happy when she learns it is because he plans to wed another woman.Janelle Ashley is a complication Sonia did not foresee. There’s only one thing to do.Remove the complication . . . permanently!When Janelle mysteriously disappears, Blaize must find her before it’s too late.Will he be in time? Or will Janelle Ashley vanish from the face of the earth, never to be seen or heard from again?