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Court Painter

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Reads 183
Votes 21
Parts 15
Time 54m

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Arden, the meek and innovative daughter of an Artist-For-Hire hides behind an admiration of her father's works to conceal her own (unencouraged) love of painting. By chance, Arden is discovered by the Queen Elza, a lover of art herself. Arden is whisked away to become the Queen's personal favorite and official Court Painter. But what Arden is quick to learn is what "what happens at court must also stay at court."

*The characters of this story as very loosely based on the historic figures Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, her Father Louise Vigee (Master Artist) and Marie Antoinette. Elisabeth Vigee was the top portraiture artist of her time and was a favorite artist of Antoinette's who took her into court to paint. The setting of the Palace is based around and inspired by Versailles.All Rights Reserved

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The Duchess' Enchantment by CharmSingingWinter77

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What we yearn for (unedited) cover

Court of Flowers (Sutherland Book 1) cover

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The Noble Woman

Julia is a teenage Noble woman living in the mid 1800's. She is stunning and the Prince of England realizes that from the first moment he lays eyes on her. He immediately has her brought to the kingdom and during their time together he promises to make her a princess. The only problem is, the last thing Julia wants to do is marry some royal prince! She is only sixteen and wants to swim and climb trees, but she is forbidden by her parents from doing all the things she wants because they are seen as "Peasant activities," All is going well but Julia is far from happy, that is until she meets Morgan. Morgan is a seventeen year old servant who works on Julia's estate. The attraction between the two girls is instant and undeniable. Julia tries her best to ignore these feelings but at a certain point she realizes that she cannot fight them anymore. What happens when a Noble woman who is set the marry the prince falls in love with a peasant servant?