Book 1 of The James River Trilogy. "Nicole was a passionate French beauty, kidnapped by mistake and swept across turbulent seas...to be the bride of a stranger. In eighteenth-century Virginia, the lush lands embraced the rivers that bounded the great plantations. There Clayton awaited his English lady...but when he showered his bride with ardent kisses, the woman he found in his arms was Nicole Courtalain!"

She may not have been the bride he dreamed of, but oh, so much better!! I feel for Clayton, loosing his best friends was hard on him. I feel for Nicole with her mother and the evil man. I don't feel for Bianca!

I've read this one a lot of times, before I knew it had sequels.