Part of La Comédie Humaine, book 8
First published 2006
In his cluttered Parisian studio, painter Servin conceals a dangerous secret in his storage room. A handsome Imperial Guard officer lies wounded and hunted by police for supporting Napoleon during the Hundred Days. Servin's most gifted student, Ginevra Piombo, soon discovers the hidden fugitive and falls instantly in love with him. The young woman sees only a wounded soldier who needs her care. She cannot know that this Corsican officer represents the last living member of the Porta family. For generations, a blood feud has raged between the Porta and Piombo clans, leaving bodies scattered across Corsican mountainsides. Now fate has brought together two young people whose families have sworn to destroy each other. Ginevra must choose between the ancient hatred that flows in her blood and the love that has captured her heart.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love
Setting: Corsica, Paris
Period: Napoleonic Era, Hundred Days
66 pages · Paperback · LGF