Love's Triumphant Heart — Violet Ashton

Here is a turbulent tale of love and betrayal, set against the savage glitter of a France just emerging from its revolutionary bloodbath. It is the story of the incredibly young and voluptuous Delphine, whose secret affair with a notorious American adventurer threatens both their lives. Delphine was only fifteen when she was forced into marriage with an elderly, despotic aristocrat. She had known only the creaking embraces of an old man's lust when she met Sheffield. Half child, half woman, Delphine longed for the love of a true man. And Sheffield was certainly that. Not even her affair with Napoleon himself could banish Sheffield from her memory. And while she was the envy of all Paris, Delphine was alone, hungry for the only lover she dared to desire...