From the exotic paradise of Saint Domingue to the drawing rooms of New Orleans society, Elizabeth Turner takes readers on a breathtaking journey to the peaks of seduction ... and beyond. It begins when Countess Christiane Bouchard, fleeing the French revolution, agrees to a proxy marriage to Etienne Delacroix, a wealthy French planter on Saint Domingue whom she despises. But when a bloody revolt kills Etienne, Reid Alexander, the plantationis intriguing overseer, sweeps Christiane away to Louisiana where they surrender to the heat of desire.
From the exotic paradise of Saint Domingue to the drawing rooms of New Orleans society, Elizabeth Turner takes readers on a breathtaking journey to the peaks of seduction ... and beyond. It begins when Countess Christiane Bouchard, fleeing the French revolution, agrees to a proxy marriage to Etienne Delacroix, a wealthy French planter on Saint Domingue whom she despises. But when a bloody revolt kills Etienne, Reid Alexander, the plantationis intriguing overseer, sweeps Christiane away to Louisiana where they surrender to the heat of desire.