The warrior leapt on her like a starving wolf on a lamb. Pressing a large knife to her throat, he pinned her down. His free hand grabbed her thick skirts and undershirt, and he yanked them over her head. She screamed again and again. I tried to turn away but could not. Shame flooded me. Ellen had been my best friend for five years. We had seen the trading post prosper. Her gentle Huguenot spirit had succored me through difficulties. I had grown into a better woman because of her faith. And I knew how her violation felt. Had I not fled France sixteen years ago because of my own humiliation? Had I not been devastated by my abuse while at Versailles? Trapped in the extravagance and the artifice of the French court during the reign of the Sun King, Louis the XIV, Madeleine de Roybon D'Allone becomes desperate for an escape. When the king himself offers her the opportunity to flee to the New World, Madeleine eagerly accepts. Madeleine soon embarks on a new life in Ontario, but the trials...

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