Broken Wings

Four years after Gustave persuaded her to leave the Canvas for a while and give her life and family on the outside a chance, Alicia Dessendre has become a renowned yet reclusive novelist whose stories of adventure in a faraway land have captivated readers all across Paris. Then one day, a young journalist arrives at the manor to interview her for a local newspaper.

Théodore Thibault, who has secrets and a tragic past of his own. And what was intended to be a single meeting becomes much more then either of them ever expected, a creative partnership that grows over time into a close friendship that will eventually blossom into a tender romance as Alicia slowly begins to work through her grief and guilt, learns to accept herself as she is and with Théodore's help slowly takes back her life one piece at a time.

In return, she shows him a whole new world, one he thought existed only in the books he adores. And through their growing love for each other, Alicia will find the courage to mend her broken wings and fly to heights far beyond anything she or anyone else ever imagined...