Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France.
That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. Her daydreams are filled with poetry and faraway worlds, while she spends her nights secretly roaming through the forest, consumed with grief over the sudden death of her older sister, Minnie.
Yet as long-held truths begin to crumble, she realizes Bellereine is harboring dark and horrifying secrets that can no longer be ignored. With time ticking down, Junie begins to push against the harsh current that has controlled her entire life. As she grapples with an increasingly unfamiliar world in which she has little control, she is forced to ask herself: When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind? They came alone when they needed to get away from each other, and together when they had something important to discuss.
The Park has been their witness for half a century of love. Until now. Told in various points of view, even in conversation with Central Park, these voices weave in and out to paint a portrait as complicated and essential as love itself. An homage to New York City, to romance, and even to loss, This Is a Love Story tenderly and suspensefully captures deep truths about life and marriage in radiant prose.
It is about love that endures despite what life throws at us, or perhaps even because of it. A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can't seem to forget about takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged--in an all-new rom-com by 1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.
