This story begins with a very discontented wife fleeing her useless dissipated
idle life in London's high society. She packs her children and her children' s
nurse into her coach and off they rush to a small country estate in Cornwall.
She is disgusted with her former life, she is bored by her dim witted but doting
husband. She finds herself gradually relaxing and is intrigued by her rather
singular servant.
She is paid a visit by the local bigwig Lord Godolphin who
tells her that they have been plagued in previous months by a very daring French
pirate whom none can seem to catch. Donna gets rid of Lord Godolphin and tells William,
her servant to say to any other visitors that she is ill, mad, or out. She
really doesn't to want to see anyone. On a walk through the grounds one day she
explores the woods nearby and finds a creek so well hidden from view that no one
has even suspected it was there. As the creek widens she follows the bank and
around the bend she comes across a ship moored. She is captured and is taken on
board where she meets the Frenchman. It is the beginning of her romance and adventure.
I read this book in July 2013 whilst I was on holiday in Cornwall. I loved every minute of the novel and I kept wistfully looking out to sea imaging the white sails of La Mouette coming towards me and Jean-Benoit Aubéry, the charming and romantic pirate, falling in love with me and whisking me away to France with him. Sigh...
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