Marielle by Sylvia Halliday is the 1st in her The French Maiden series of f/m historical romances, this installment set during the 17th century reign of House of Bourbon King Louis XIII (
Wikipedia), starring a plucky heroine who disguises herself to spring a prisoner and ends up doing a Meet Cute with her true love, free courtesy of publisher Diversion Books, who are e-printing it from its 1982 Pocket Books edition.
For some bizarre and unfathomable reason (okay, probably just really poor education and/or reading comprehension), someone filed this under Regency in the Amazon categories, which is off by about 2 centuries and 1 country, sigh.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the
UK) and
iTunes (available to Canadians).
Description
Armed with only a disguise and her wavering courage, Marielle Saint-Juste goes on a perilous mission to free her brother from unjust captivity. But when she enters the prison of Louis XIII, it isn’t her wounded brother she finds, but a mysterious stranger—and her destiny.
In this French dungeon, a love illuminates the darkest shadows in two hearts. Marielle will not only face her deepest fears, but change her life forever.