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DARKLY SERIOUS & wonderfully ENTERTAINING.
At the heart of this series is Elzira and her indomitable spirit.
Surrounding her misadventures are numerous episodic plots and a large cast of colorful characters.
There's a naughty girl. Mean girls. A love-sick farm boy and his possessive mother. A wealthy widower with a dark past. A maddening priest. Scheming females. An obnoxious old woman. Frustrated parents. Disloyal siblings. A band of old geezers. Rough and tough lumberjacks with their own brand of justice.
A scandalous bride. The lonely widow. Six brothers with a thirst for vengeance. One-eared Hugo. One-eyed Clem.
Peter Pervert. Captain Hook. The bull-killer. The old Lady in the attic. The crazy Lady with that god-awful wig. A thief on the run. A stalker with a death wish.
The milk-delivery boy who does more than deliver milk. How long will Luc's mistress cuckold her husband before her maid spills the beans?
Will Marguerite recover from her traumatic marriage to Luc, or will the priest drag her back into that cesspool they once shared?
And will those bloody murders ever get solved? My, oh, my! This sleepy little village will never be the same again!
Book One
With a mountain of would-be suitors piling up at her front door, Elzira's parents get desperate and surprise her with an arranged marriage to Theo Roy. But things don't go as planned.
While Elzira wallows in scandal and family conflict, we meet Xavier. The life of a lumberjack is no picnic—it's a lonely and dangerous existence. And with the help of his rascally cousins, he finds himself in several thrilling misadventures.
Meanwhile, we get a glimpse of Luc Leduc, his sordid affair with another woman, and his contentious relationship with his socialite wife before she dies in childbirth. When he meets the young beauty, Elzira, he can't believe his good fortune.
Elzira can't imagine ever loving this wealthy, young widower, but she's done being the rebel and gives in to her parents' wishes. Luc portrays himself as kind and benevolent, but he also has dark urges that he can't wait to unleash on his new bride.