The Brookvilles
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The funny thing about life here and now was that it was different from Provence, St. Jean Cap Ferrat, and Normandy. I was especially fond of the castle in Normandy, the warmth of Luc’s family, and the love that exuded from those walls of bounty. Forever in my crumbled heart, I will remember the scene where Gatsby led Daisy to his mansion and told her that he had the gates flown in from a castle in Normandy. And Luc, the very memory of him will always be a silent torture. Surely, darlings, a lady’s heart has many true loves. Elizabeth Taylor had many husbands, and surely she was breathless in her poise and her many cocktail rings. Though in its entirety, it must have been hard to love all those times. Princess Diana had lived a fairy tale life for the crown she bore, but at the end, she had her Dodi and everything about her life became shadows. Kate Moss, as beautifully as she struts down the runway with grace, has had her share of heartaches from men.
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A rendezvous in France finds Sophie Becks in a whirlwind of romance entwined with family gossips and overstated chateaux. Her overly austere father and her mother, the First Lady of the Brookvilles, push her in the direction of accepting the proposal of Luc: a Frenchman with exquisite taste for life’s fineries and a lifestyle she is well accustomed to.
While Sophie and her cousin Pierre jaunt to the coast of St. Jean Cap Ferrat in France, will she be tempted to reunite with her ex--an Arabian playboy--or steady herself for the oath of I do?
A life of decision awaits. Most importantly, she must choose between the love that once beckoned or her upbringing in an éclat society that most can only dream of. Destiny is calling--will Sophie Becks be able to keep up in her Christian Louboutins? Or will her father’s last request throw her into a life untraveled?
Quelle vie!
About the Author
Rianna Shaikh has been fortunate enough to be a writer in both children’s and adult literature. If she’s not writing, she’s spending her time chasing rabbits in Louboutins while sipping tea, though she would kindly suggest you do not do the same. The Brookvilles is her second novel in the Wall Street to France series.