Seventeenthcentury Stories

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A short story about a seventeenth-century Russian boy, Ronan, who's just trying to figure out who he is while living in France. He knows nothing about his mother, who died when he was only five and would do just about anything to figure that out.

Eric and Elizabeth de Vere have been running for years by the time they reach Paris. With a doomed marriage, political quarrels in England, Eric's gambling debts and more sinister crimes finally catching them up, there is nowhere else for them to run together. Without her husband at her side, Elizabeth will have to place her trust elsewhere... [edited 2024]

Orphaned twice over, Genevieve Claremont is almost completely alone in the world-save her closest friend, Kira. Since childhood, the two girls have done everything together, and their bond even leads them to study abroad together in Germany. As the girls' college careers come to an end, their class is tasked with exploring a twelfth century castle, Genevieve and Kira getting the creepy cellar. But amongst the tall shelves filled with dusty books, they never expect to find a four hundred year old portrait of a woman who looks exactly like Genevieve-or the mysterious marriage contract which accompanies it. After months of reading and wondering, the girls miraculously find the answer they seek: time travel is real. Yet, even with all their research and dreaming over love letters from an unknown man, they did not quite account for the many dangers and challenges of the world Genevieve would be thrown into, a time so very different from their own. In an era of lords, alliances, and wars, can Genevieve find her way to the very prospect which brought her to such a time: the chance for true love?

A 2019 Watty Winner. For fans of Allison Pataki and Philippa Gregory, THE NYMPH OF VERSAILLES is based on the true story of Madame Montespan's rise and fall at the court of King Louis XIV. Being the Sun King's mistress is a coveted position in a court full of greedy courtiers vying for power and Athénaïs de Montespan won't let anything stand in the way of her stealing the king's heart-not even poison. When the king's interest in his mistress Louise begins to wane, Montespan sees the position as a possible escape from her husband's mounting debts and loveless marriage. Her strained friendship with Louise doesn't stop her from charming the king. However keeping his heart is tricky in a court full of plotting beauties eager to have him for themselves, especially with her jealous husband bent on ending her seduction. Then her children's governess becomes an unexpected rival for the king's heart and the only woman who can contend with Montespan. With the court swirling with rumors of poison, Montespan finds herself caught in the web of accusations. Her position with the king begins to crumble as she fights to hold on to the life she's built. Without the king's love, she fears she will lose everything as she falls from grace.

Amorette du Guillory could be a dangerous but neccessary ally to many. Crossing Paths with the musketeer Athos after many years, she must decide where her loyalites really do lie. Will she Succumb to the Courtly secrets and games in a quest for power like her sister once did; or will she stay true to the powerful little love that still resides in a corner of her heart? [Edited 2024]