A Heart Adrift Book Review
About the Book
It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmée 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 Esmée. 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.
My Thoughts
Where does someone even begin in reviewing a book as exquisite as this?! Any words I might pen to describe how much I loved it would be inadequate at best. Even as I try to write a review now, all manner of thoughts are swirling around in my head with no cohesion in sight. I want to share everything, yet not too much.
In a nutshell, A Heart Adrift is a novel meant to be savored. Laura’s ability to weave a story set in colonial America with a slow burning romance is second to none. The language of the era is authentic, especially when a delectable chocolate shop is a character unto itself. I could taste and smell every morsel straight off the page!
Her characters move the story along at a steady pace amid the threat of war. While love is trying to regain the time it has lost between Esmée and Henri, politicians and governments are focused on their own agendas. Once these two are finally able to reconnect with each other, you could not have pried this book from my hands.
This is a slower story compared to many of Laura’s other novels, but it is now a favorite. As with everything else she writes, I do not ever want to reach the last page. I have to force myself to read her books slowly because I want to revel in every word, every look, every moment as I imagine myself a fly on the wall with her characters. They become as real to me as my own friends.
So in case you hadn’t already guessed, this novel deserves a well earned 5 stars. Run, don’t walk to get a copy for yourself.
**Many thanks to Revell for providing a copy for review. I was not required to write a positive review.
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**A huge collection of jewelry has been designed for this exquisite book! You can see it all here. 🙂
