Nobility of different lands. Members of rival religions. Subjected to hostility due to those distinctions. With intolerance their only common ground, will it be enough to foster true love between strangers in a crucial marriage during turbulent times? Awa is Wolof. A noblewoman from the elite class of the Jolof Kingdom in West Africa. She is the respectful, but willful, daughter of a diplomatic family living at the 16th-century French court. A family of Roman Catholic converts. Blaise is French, a nobleman from an esteemed family from Orleans. A womanizer. A wastrel. A wild card. A Huguenot. Has disdain for Roman Catholics. Can this pair triumph over ignorance, both religious and racial, when outside forces and personal fears could destroy something potentially wonderful? Extensively researched, this romance contains the sweeping scope of the historical romances readers used to like getting lost in. And it's got a bonus: The setting is not Regency England "