Once Upon a Midnight Moon — Carol Finch

With the French storming her beloved New Orleans, Spanish-born Micaela Rouchard fights a more personal battle as she tries to escape her tyrannical father and a dreaded arranged marriage. A daring solution presents itself when the chaos of revolt forces her to take refuge on a schooner bound for far-off Charles Town. Here, in handsome, commanding Lucien Saffire, she encounters her passionate destiny.

Though powerfully drawn to the sensual sea captain, Micaela is determined to make her own way in this new, foreign city. But fate reunites them at Lucien's ancestral estate, where Micaela becomes a reluctant player in a treacherous game of passion and revenge. Lucien's unorthodox proposal offers her a way out...and fills her with a hungry yearning only he can satisfy. Now, with a ruthless enemy drawing ever nearer, Micaela is plunged into a sea of turbulent emotions and irresistible temptation -- on a journey of the heart and soul that will challenge a woman's courage...and the depth of one man's love.