Hornblower and Emily Davis, not a bad couple of books for comfort reads! Hornblower is frankly a cad, but Bush likes him, so..... Lt Hornblower is a great one for their relationship, surpassed by Flying Colours which comes much later in the sequence. One thing I really like about CS Forester is that he seems to understand what makes a ship go..

And Miss Read is always a good choice. <3