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Nicole, a striking French woman, is wrongfully kidnapped and sailed across the seas to America. In the lush, river‑bound plantations of Virginia, she is promised to Clayton, a plantation owner, under a marriage by proxy. As the story unfolds, the tension between duty and affection unfolds amid the era’s social customs.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Jude Deveraux
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