Affaire de Coeur
by Stephanie O’Hanlon
Paris, May 1770, in the midst of aristocracy, country girl Madeleine Dumont is privileged to partake in social events while living with her friend Colette du Lorme,daughter of a Marquis. While following in the shadow of her popular and socially verse friend, she finds herself caught up with her infatuation with a man, a Comte. Lucien de Laurent, one of King Louis XV's favourites and established bachelor, as well as social recluse. But how does a woman win sucha man without playing the game?