Braving the Dawn: A Novel of New France

Banished from France by King Louis XIV, once royal favorite Sylvienne d’Aubert must make a dangerous ocean crossing with a group of young women eager to secure husbands in the French colony of Quebec. However, scarred by an abusive, arranged marriage in France, Sylvienne vows never to wed again. She is determined to one day return to her beloved homeland, but first she must survive hardships and challenges unique to the Canadian frontier and rebuild her life in a young colony that is at once welcoming and dangerous. Finding friendships in unexpected places and allies among the Native people, she devels a resilience she didn’t know she possessed. But the king’s reach is long, and Sylvienne’s past haunts her at every turn in this saga of new beginnings, survival, and determination of the heart.