A Rock in the Baltic

"A Rock in the Baltic" by Robert Barr is a tale set in the early 1900s focusing on British Navy Lieutenant Alan Drummond, who finds himself caught up in a surprising situation involving Dorothy Amhurst at a Bar Harbor bank. Their initial meeting occurs when Drummond sees Dorothy trying to cash a check and, in an act of kindness, picks up her scattered gold coins, leading to suspicion and a case of mistaken identity. This first encounter throws them together, revealing their different backgrounds and creating a spark between them, while hinting at bigger themes of fate, differences in social status, and the confusing nature of relationships, promising an exciting story filled with romance.