Frenchman's Creek - Frenchman's Creek is by far my favorite book by this author. It is a suspenseful tale of love and adventure that every woman can relate to. With her thirtieth birthday looming, Dona—Lady St. Columb—suddenly finds herself bored with court, the opera, and silly card games. Married to a kind but lazy man too fond of wine and gambling, she decides to escape London with her two children and flee to Navron, her stately home in the English countryside, searching for something more meaningful in her life. Content at last on the banks of the Helford River, she never dreams she's about to meet a man who will change her life forever.

From the first moment she lays eyes on Jean-Benoit Aubrey, a French pirate plundering the shores of England, she knows he is her destiny, and she embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. It's mind-boggling that there existed a time when a woman could change her identity with the simple acts of tying up her hair and donning a man's clothing. But Dona has a wild streak and boldly takes many risks with her life and marriage to become part of a journey that few ever experience.

But, alas, motherhood pulls her back at the last moment, reminding her what Jean-Benoit knew all along. A woman will always put her children first, even over her own desires.
Dona and the Frenchman will always be together—if only in their dreams. ( )