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| La Belle Christiane |
Can the
beautiful daughter of a French courtesan find a love that lasts for a lifetime?
In the early
1770's, Christiane Pelletier, an extraordinarily beautiful young woman, is next
in a line of courtesans who have been favorites at the French court during the
reigns of two monarchs. Yet she longs to be the beloved wife of one man, not a
lovely piece of human art passed from one noble to another. And the winds of
change are sweeping Europe.
After her
mother's violent murder, Christiane flees France with her renegade father. In
the Canadian wilderness, she survives the shock of leaving a life of wealth and
privilege. To escape frontier violence, she moves southward only to become
involved in the burgeoning American Revolution. Daughter of a French courtesan
to frontier wife to companion of Lady Washington, Christiane moves into the
heart of the American rebel elite. But one man in her life can never be
forgotten. Once he was her friend. Now he has become her enemy. Will he become
her destiny? Only God knows.
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Chapter One
British Canada,
July 1774
