Two topics - grief and idolatry - jumped off the pages and forced me to take a good, long look at myself. It makes the book feel like a personal conversation between the author and reader. I love when a book touches on a topic that is super relevant to the reader in the moment. There is not one single thing I could critique except for the fact that the story ends. God has surely gifted her as an elite storyteller, and this may be the most evident in her recent stunning novel. Every time Frantz picks up a pen, magic happens. Frantz is such a stellar writer that I would pay money to read her grocery list. At one point, I looked at my husband and told him, “I would read her grocery list.” He laughed at me, but I’m serious. This story is masterful … absolutely masterful. But I find myself, after having read the final page of A Heart Adrift by Laura Frantz, completely unsure how to write this review.

If you know me, you know that rarely happens. 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.Ĭlick HERE to purchase your copy! My Thoughts But when the colonial government asks him to lead a secret naval expedition against the French, his future is plunged into uncertainty. But she longs to find something worthwhile to do with her life.Ĭaptain 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 Esmee. 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 Esmee Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia.

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