the Baker's daughter
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Jean Noél has always believed in a love that could feel as boundless as the Paris sky. But her reality is the warmth of her family's bakery and the quiet comfort of a life she's eager to escape. When she falls for Lucien Dubois, a charismatic singer with a world-weary charm, she feels she's finally found her destiny. He sees her not as a baker's daughter, but as his muse, his one true love. Yet as his affection grows more possessive and his promises turn into demands, the lines between devotion and delusion begin to blur.
Swept from the streets of Paris to a life lived in the shadow of a famous man, Jean's coming-of-age becomes a twisted dance between the girl she was and the woman she is being shaped to become. As her love for Lucien deepens, she must confront the dangerous truth: is she a lover, a muse, or just a girl lost in the echo of his song?
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