Struggling to survive on the streets of Paris, Genevieve will do anything to start a new life. She'll even switch places with a King's Girl, one of many penniless young noblewomen destined to be shipped to the savage French colonies. It's a dangerous masquerade that comes with a high price: Once in Quebec, Genny will have to marry a stranger. Notorious explorer André Lefebvre has too many reasons not to take a wife. He's launching a long-planned western expedition deep into untamed lands--a perilous journey that no gentlewoman could possibly survive. Forced to exchange vows with a King's Girl in order to receive royal consent, he intends to leave his wife-of-convenience safely behind. But once set loose in the New World, Genny defies her brawny, free-spirited husband, preferring to seduce rather than obey. She'll risk any danger for a chance to build a real future . . . even the danger to her own heart.
