Frenchmans Creek

Unhappy with her shallow existence and empty marriage in London, Lady Dona St Columb decides to leave Charles II's court and  seek solace at her husband's remote Cornish estate, Navron, with her two young children.

When Dona meets French pirate Jean Aubrey, who has been terrorizing the Cornish coast, her life becomes filled with the adventure and love she has been missing.

The pair recognise each other as kindred spirits and as their love story unfolds, Dona finds herself forced to chose between her life as a wife and mother and that of Jean Aubrey's lover.

The languid prose of this unashamedly romantic novel is compelling and the author's own love-affair with the secret coves and magical landscapes of the Cornish coast shines through.