Frenchman's Creek

Frenchman's Creek

  • WpView
    Reads 18
  • WpVote
    Votes 4
  • WpPart
    Parts 1
WpMetadataReadOngoing10m
WpMetadataNoticeLast published Wed, Jul 14, 2021
"Why are you a pirate?" "Why do you ride horses that are too spirited?" "Because of the danger, because of the speed, because I might fall." "That is why I'm a pirate." Lady Dona St. Columb makes a sudden visit with her children to Navron, her husband's remote estate in Cornwall, in a fit of disgust with her shallow life in London court society. There she finds that the property, unoccupied for several years, is being used as a base by a notorious French pirate who has been terrorising the Cornish coast. Dona finds that the pirate, Jean-Benoit Aubéry, is not a desperate character at all, but rather a sensitive man with deep philosophical views of life, cultured and more educated than her doltish husband and the rest of the men of her society, and together they embark upon a quest rife with danger and glory, one which will force Dona to make the ultimate choice: will she sacrifice her lover to death, or risk her own life to save him?
Public Domain
#481
classics
WpChevronRight
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
Illustration

You may also like

  • Masked ✔
  • Calm My Raging Seas
  • Elizabeth Swann's Sister
  • Where The Stories Come From
  • The Countess And All Her Cucks
  • A Flower for Guy #Wattys2021
  • Venture to Uncertainty (#1)
  • Saving The Pirate (Book Two)

* * * "...Why are you following me?" I only muttered in case no one was really there. I didn't want any surrounding people to think I was crazy and just imagining someone behind me. "I didn't even get a thank you." To my surprise, there was a response. Slightly horrified, I spun around to look my rescuer in the eyes. Scratch that. In the mask. He was wearing a mask. * * * Saved from a rapist by a pirate. At first, Vivienne sees pirates as scums. She believes all of them are full of greed. Well, Vivienne isn't completely wrong. But when she accidentally boards a pirate ship belonging to the Masquerade Messes, her entire life takes a turn. Perhaps for the better, perhaps for the worse... either way, Vivienne occupies her time by trying to identify her rescuer. He's a part of the crew, but the only time he appears is during the masquerade parties. She tries to figure out who he is, but she struggles badly. He's just always masked. * * * //completed as of 12/15/16//

More details
WpActionLinkContent Guidelines