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In Colonial Virginia, Hannah Verner, once an indentured servant and now the widow of a wealthy planter, astonishes society by managing her plantation, Malvern, herself. After her husband’s fatal accident leaves the estate mortgaged to the enigmatic Courteney Wayne, Hannah fights to clear the debt while confronting an unexpected attraction to him. Their affair, fraught with intimacy and peril, is shattered when she suspects Courteney of murdering her husband to seize the property.
Hannah flees to France, where her daughter Michele has pursued ballet at Arnaud Deampierre’s renowned school. Michele dazzles on her debut, catching the eye of King Louis. Yet her newfound fame comes with a bargain: Scottish aristocrat Ian MacLeven offers marriage, but only if she abandons ballet in favor of a life at MacLeven Castle. Tempted by the allure of the theater, love, and Deampierre’s charisma, Michele must decide between duty and her dream.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Patricia Matthews
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