The Captain's Girl

Cornwall 1793. As the French Revolution threatens the stability of England so too is discontent brewing in the heart of Celia Cavendish. Promised to the brutal Viscount Vallenforth she must find a way to break free from the bounds of a life stifled by convention and cruelty. Celia enlists her neighbours Sir James and Lady Polcarrow in the hope of escaping her impending marriage and making a new life for herself. But can the Polcarrows’ mysterious friend Arnaud captain of the cutter L’Aigrette protect Celia from a man who will let nothing stand in the way of his greed? And will Arnaud himself prove to be friend…or foe?