Anny P. (wolfnme) reviewed on 5/20/2006 + 3389 more book reviews

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Genevieve Lalande was a thief and almost a whore in the streets of Paris after tragedy sent her fleeing from her home. She trades places with one of the noble girls dowered by the king and destined to wed a man in Quebec. André Lefebvre (say that 3 times fast) is a trapper who will lose his license if he doesn't wed immediately. So he chooses the sickliest of the mail order brides, hoping she'll die while he's away that winter. Genevieve has other ideas once she recovers from her brief fever. She follows her reluctant husband on his trapping expedition into the wilderness and his heart. André is determined not to consummate his marriage, and arrives at all sorts of ways to pleasure his wife before finally succumbing on top of a cliff, overlooking a herd of antelope (how romantic). A return to civilization brings an interesting new use for gooseberry jam and unwanted troubles, but Genevieve and her lusty trapper go the way of the French and head for the Pacific (which is still only a rumor).

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