His Unknown Wife

Someday I am going to find my own copy of this book! Maseden is an American rancher in South America when a rogue stages a coup and takes over, arresting Maseden on strength of having supported the ousted leader. In a travesty of justice, Maseden is tried and convicted and sentenced to die at sunrise. However, the leader also orders him to marry an American woman who is in some sort of trouble before the hour of his death. While he knows the request is strange, he decides to attempt an escape through it, so he marries the girl and makes a daring attempt at escape. He thinks he will get to the coast and take a ship back to safety in America. No sooner does he gain the ship than he overheard something that makes him believe his new wife—who he has only seen heavily veiled—is on board too. Next comes a storm and a shipwreck...but which lady among the survivors is actually his wife?