A Heart Adrift Published by Fleming H. Revell Company by Laura Frantz
on January 4, 2022
Genres: Christian, Romance, Clean, Historical
Pages: 416
Source: Publisher
Format: ARC, Paperback
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Also by this author: Tidewater Bride, The Rose and the Thistle, The Seamstress of Acadie
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ISBN: 0800734971
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It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmee Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed love affair from which she's never quite recovered. But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life.
Captain Henri Lennox has returned to port after a lengthy absence, intent on completing the lighthouse in the dangerous Chesapeake Bay, a dream he once shared with Esmee. But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty.
Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart, or can their shared vision and dedication to the colonial cause heal the wounds of the past? Bestselling and award-winning author Laura Frantz whisks you away to a time fraught with peril--on the sea and in the heart--in this redemptive, romantic story.
Laura Frantz is brilliant at writing historical romantic fiction. She pays such close attention to detail and provides the reader with a lovely picture of whatever historical setting she’s presenting, without sacrificing any of the love story.
In A Heart Adrift, I got a slight Persuasion vibe–which, is my favorite Austen novel. There’s a second-chance romance trope, here, with two characters that have aged ten years and both have grown into better people. The difference between this and Persuasion is a beautiful one–There is no animosity between the two main characters.
The story is rich with amazing setting descriptions and lovely characters that both grow and have amazing story arcs.
It doesn’t really need to be said that I’ll read anything by this author.
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