Mobility Mom Book Shelf: Counterfeit Lady by Jude Deveraux

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This is the first book in the James River series by Jude.

Book Description

Nicole Courtalain--a passionate French beauty--finds herself the victim of a case of mistaken identity when she is kidnapped by mistake and swept across turbulent seas to eighteenth century Virginia. There, she discovers the lush lands, rolling rivers, and astonishing plantations--and Clayton Armstrong, who awaited his English bride. What does their future have in store for them now that fate has changed their plans forever?

About Jude Deveraux

Jude Deveraux is the author of historical and contemporary women's fiction featuring women of strong character and gorgeous, exciting men. Jude has had more than thirty books on the New York Times bestsellers list, 60 million copies in print, and has been translated into 18 languages. When she's not writing, she enjoys reading murder mysteries, working in her garden, and in boxing class, she likes to show much younger males that she can throw a mean right cross.

My Thoughts

This is the first book in the James River series by Jude Deveraux. However, it begins our journey that will circle back to the book Sweetbriar.

In this book, we meet Nicole a Frenchwoman who survived the war only to become a servant to a very self-indulgent Englishwoman named Bianca. When men try to kidnap Bianca, she offers up Nicole in her place. Nicole is swept across the ocean to her kidnapper Clay a plantation owner who is trying to relive his past.

Nicole is a very kind woman she offers love, protection and so much more to all around her. But no matter how wonderful she is she feels she is unable to live up to a ghost. So when Clay makes a huge mess of their relationship Nicole does the only thing she can she starts over with her friend Janie and the twins.

There were so many times I wanted to shake Clay or even smack him for not seeing what was in front of him. Everyone could see how amazing Nicole was and yet he kept screwing up. He seemed so blinded by his past memories that he could not even see how cruel Bianca was. She played him like a harp.

Jude did an amazing job here creating a beautiful setting got this book. She brought to life the beauty of the plantation, the people, and even the mill. I was once again swept up in Jude's book and completely taken in. She has magic in her pen and writes so beautifully that I can't put her books down. The characters feel like long-lost friends that I want to visit repeatedly.

Another extraordinary book story by Jude.