A family journal more than three hundred years old reveals romance, a journey, first love, skinnydipping, pirates, heartbreak, and a new world and new friends. The story contains explicit language and is written for adventuresome adult readers with a sense of humor and an appreciation of purple-ish prose. Why Amélie wrote in the third person, and how accurately she described the many events she chronicled in her journal, are questions not yet answered. From the Caribbean with its heat and humidity to rainy cold Oxford, Amélie wrote of her life, her friends, and her love for Gérard.