Helpful Score: 3
A delightful French Colonial road romance. Fur trapper Andre Lefebvre is forced to marry in order to keep his fur-trading license. He chooses Genevieve Lalande from among the "King's Girls" (boatloads of women of good health and upbringing, or "filles du roi" (king's girls), shipped to New France to raise the numbers of eligible women of good breeding, and help settle the French colonies), thinking she is deathly ill & won't survive long after he embarks on a trapping expedition into the interior. Andre has no interest in marriage, especially to a frail & pampered Frenchwoman who will require him to live in the settlements, when all he craves is the unfettered freedom of the wilderness. Genevieve proves stronger than Andre had thought however, and she not only survives her illness, but presents herself to Andre on the eve of his departure, refusing to be left behind. Andre agrees, thinking that the rigors of the trail will break Genevieve, and she will gladly return to the settlements. Yet once again, his inconvenient, unpredictable wife proves to be more than she seems - in more ways than one...
I'll just cut to the chase here - this is a great, fully engrossing story & I loved it. I initially thought it was something I've seen before, and in some ways it was, but Verge manages very nicely to bring something refreshing & unique to what might otherwise be a boring and predictable marriage of convenience plot. Despite the fact that Andre and Genevieve are basically deceiving each other, there is a surprising degree of candor and depth to their budding relationship. When the deceptions are fully revealed, they weather the storm with remarkable strength and devotion. Once I got to the second half of the story I literally couldn't put it down. The lovescenes are scorching & very well-written, the dialogue witty and engaging. I gave it a solid A.
I'll just cut to the chase here - this is a great, fully engrossing story & I loved it. I initially thought it was something I've seen before, and in some ways it was, but Verge manages very nicely to bring something refreshing & unique to what might otherwise be a boring and predictable marriage of convenience plot. Despite the fact that Andre and Genevieve are basically deceiving each other, there is a surprising degree of candor and depth to their budding relationship. When the deceptions are fully revealed, they weather the storm with remarkable strength and devotion. Once I got to the second half of the story I literally couldn't put it down. The lovescenes are scorching & very well-written, the dialogue witty and engaging. I gave it a solid A.
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