'A Heart Adrift is a lush treatise on love lost and found at the intersection of ambition and desire. Highly recommended for fans of historical fiction.' - Jocelyn Green Expertly crafted and elegantly penned, A Heart Adriftproves once again why this author ranks among my all-time favorites. Laura Frantz brings colonial coastal Virginia to life so well, I could almost taste the salty sea breeze. 'The perfect blend of history, faith, and love in all its forms, this tale of second chances and brave choices swept me away. And in the middle of that storm, it shines a light on providential grace and the beauty of redemptive love.' - Kimberly Duffy 'A Heart Adrift firmly anchors readers during the stirrings of the hardly remembered French and Indian War. 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. But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty. 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 she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life. 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. Chocolatier Esmée Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart? Or will a new shared vision reunite them? ***** It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. A Virginia chocolatier and a privateering sea captain collide once more after a failed love affair a decade before.

A heart adrift a novel