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Rosalind Doyen "Sal" lives two lives, one as a proper lady, and one as TheCabinBoy. Both are upended when her father TheCaptian sells his ship and her hand in marriage. The new captain is attempting to free both of them from economic slavery to his manipulative older brother. The book follows their ship around the continent, past pirates and griffins, in a retelling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.

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Rosalind Doyen "Sal" lives two lives, one as a proper lady, and one as TheCabinBoy. Both are upended when her father TheCaptian TheCaptain sells his ship and her hand in marriage. The new captain is attempting to free both of them from economic slavery to his manipulative older brother. The book follows their ship around the continent, past pirates and griffins, in a retelling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.


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*BigBrotherBully: Oliver to Roland.

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Rosalind Doyen "Sal" lives two lives, one as a proper lady, and one as her father's cabin boy. Both are upended when her father sells his ship and her hand in marriage. The new captain is attempting to free both of them from economic slavery to his manipulative older brother. The book follows their ship around the continent, past pirates and griffins, in a retelling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.

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Rosalind Doyen "Sal" lives two lives, one as a proper lady, and one as her father's cabin boy. TheCabinBoy. Both are upended when her father TheCaptian sells his ship and her hand in marriage. The new captain is attempting to free both of them from economic slavery to his manipulative older brother. The book follows their ship around the continent, past pirates and griffins, in a retelling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.






* HealingHands: The ship's healer, Arden, has this ability.
* MissingMom: Sal was raised onboard ship after her mother's death.

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*ContinuityNod: Sal's father and their ship, the Arden, appear in the end of the first of the Literature/TheSpectraCrownTales. The ship's healer, Alstin, is the son of the main characters from that book.
*DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Corin]]
*EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: As in the play, Roland to Oliver]]
* HealingHands: The ship's healer, Arden, Alstin, has this ability.
* MissingMom: Sal was raised onboard ship after her mother's death.death.
*MistakenIdentity: Sal for her fictitious half-brother.
* OurGriffinsAreDifferent: Griffins are glimpsed throughout the book and play a part in the climax. They have four limbs, with the wings folding down for walking.
*SweetPollyOliver: Sal's father taught her to disguise herself as a boy at a young age to keep her safe on his ship.
*WoodenShipsAndIronMen: The setting is in its own world but based off of the 1800s United States.
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The Captain's Dowry is a sweet fantasy romance by author Christie Valentine Powell and takes place in the Literature/TheSpectraUniverse.
Rosalind Doyen "Sal" lives two lives, one as a proper lady, and one as her father's cabin boy. Both are upended when her father sells his ship and her hand in marriage. The new captain is attempting to free both of them from economic slavery to his manipulative older brother. The book follows their ship around the continent, past pirates and griffins, in a retelling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/AsYouLikeIt.

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!! The Captain's Dowry contains examples of:

* ActionGirl: Sal claims that she can out shoot, out climb, and out work all of her male colleagues, and she's probably right.

* ArrangedMarriage: Sal's father and Roland determine to have Roland marry Sal in order to clear both of them from debt.
*BigBad: Roland's brother Oliver is a banker who has a huge influence on the entire continent even when he's not present.
*HealingHands: The ship's healer, Arden, has this ability.
*MissingMom: Sal was raised onboard ship after her mother's death.

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