" «Don't you see? You're not like them. You don't fight, you don't kill, you don't impose yourself on others. You're not a barbarian, you're not looking for war or conflicts, you're different. You try to understand, you take the chance to learn what you don't know, you look for peace. And that's what I like of you. You're nothing like them. Believe me, John. You're the eternal Summer in my neverending Winter.» "
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May 1610.
John Rolfe arrives in Jamestown on the Sea Venture, flagship of the Virginia Company, as part of the Third Supply Fleet. He's one of the few survivors, and he's glad to finally have reached a new place where to live. Unfortunately, life isn't as easy as he would have thought when he had left Plymouth months before, and he has now to find a way to survive the starvation that is menacing the colony and, perhaps, to be able to make a little dream of his come true.
March 1613.
Pocahontas is captured by Captain Samuel Argall, and kept as ransom until her tribe will not free some Englishmen and will give back some weapons they have stolen. But, not satisfied by the few weapons received by the Natives, the British men decide to keep her captive, and she has to find a way to survive among the men's harassing and the continuous tentatives of Alexander Whitaker to turn her into a British woman.
But when John Rolfe and Pocahontas's paths cross, it will be their duty to choose whether continuing to follow their road or stepping into the new path together.
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DISCLAIMER:
Most of the dialogues, costumes and attitudes of the various characters have been romanticised. References to events which have actually taken place are totally casual, except when referred to the main sources which can be found online.
• THE POWHATAN LANGUAGE DIED 400 YEARS AGO. •
The Author is doing her best to give you the most accurate version of it, but not being a Native, she can not do too much.
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02.01.2019 -->; still going
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.