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Fiction. Literature. Romance. HTML:Beautiful Elise Laffont seems too young and alive to be a widow at the age of twenty-five. But she is not grieving the loss of her husband. The man had been a complete cad, abusing her delicate womanhood until she could not stand the sight of a man's desire. And so, despite her youth she is quite content to remain alone, managing her small Louisiana farm undisturbed. Just when Elise has begun to eke out a small bit of independence for herself, an uprising show more of the fierce Natchez Indians forces her to flee the farm, which represents all the happiness she has ever known. In order to escape the massacre, she must become the mistress of a frighteningly commanding half-blood...Reynaud Chavalier is the son of a French nobleman and a Natchez princess. His imposing stature and rugged masculine beauty prove irresistible to Elise.
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Elise was a widowed woman with land of her own to do with as she pleased. But that all changed the day the indian war party invaded the fort near her home and burned and looted the entire area. She escaped alive with a few others and began a journey to run from the indian raiding party. But the few survivors knew they would never make it without the help of someone who knew the area and the ways of the indians. Enter the Great War Chief of the Natchez. A half breed of Natchez and French parentage, Reynaud Chavalier, came forward and accepted the role. However, the favor would not go unpaid. He required the services of the beautiful Elise as his companion. She fought the force of attraction, but Reynaud's patience was more than willing show more to hold out. The two saw the ravages of a war between the indians and the french on both sides and came out the other side with a love to last all time. show less
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Best-selling romance author, Jennifer Blake was born in Louisiana in 1942. She has written over 50 titles which have been published in 18 languages. Her titles include "Arrow to the Heart," "Silver-Tongued Devil," "Bride of a Stranger," "Royal Seduction," "Garden of Scandal," and the "Southern Gentlemen" series. Blake also writes mysteries under show more the pseudonymn Patricia Ponder, gothic romances as Elizabeth Treherne, contemporary romances as Patricia Maxwell and Maxine Patrick. Blake's works have earned her numerous awards and honors. She is Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America. In addition to those honors, she has received a Golden Treasure Award for Lifetime Achievement from Romance Writers of America and the Frank Waters Award for Excellence in Fiction and she was inducted into the RWA and Affaire de Coeur Romance Halls of Fame. Blake currently resides in Louisiana. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Fierce Eden
- Original title
- Fierce Eden
- Original publication date
- 1985-01
- People/Characters
- Reynaud Chevalier; Elise Laffont
- Important places
- Louisiana, USA
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- 141
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- 6 — English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 14
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