Promised to the Crown by Aimie K Runyan

Promised to the Crown by Aimie K Runyan

An engaging, engrossing debut.--Greer Macallister, USA Today bestselling author of The Magician's Lie

Bound for a new continent, and a new beginning.

In her illuminating debut novel, Aimie K. Runyan masterfully blends fact and fiction to explore the founding of New France through the experiences of three young women who, in 1667, answer Louis XIV's call and journey to the Canadian colony.

They are known as the filles du roi, or King's Daughters--young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. Each prospective bride has her reason for leaving--poverty, family rejection, a broken engagement. Despite their different backgrounds, Rose, Nicole, and Elisabeth all believe that marriage to a stranger is their best, perhaps only, chance of happiness.

Once in Quebec, Elisabeth quickly accepts baker Gilbert Beaumont, who wants a business partner as well as a wife. Nicole, a farmer's daughter from Rouen, marries a charming officer who promises comfort and security. Scarred by her traumatic past, Rose decides to take holy vows rather than marry. Yet no matter how carefully she chooses, each will be tested by hardship and heartbreaking loss--and sustained by the strength found in their uncommon friendship, and the precarious freedom offered by their new home.

An absorbing adventure with heart.--Jennifer Laam, author of The Secret Daughter of the Tsar

For more than fifteen years, Aimie K.Runyan, a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the Women's Fiction Writers Association, has been a dedicated student of French and Francophone studies. She was lucky enough to earn a significant grant from the Quebec government to study onsite for three months while working on her master's thesis on the brave women who helped build French Canada, allowing her to conduct the extensive research required for her work. Aimie, her husband, and their two children live in Colorado.

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ISBN 13	9781496701121
ISBN 10	1496701127
Title	Promised to the Crown
Author	Aimie K Runyan
Series	Daughters Of New France
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kensington Publishing
Year published	2016-04-26
Number of pages	368
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