Nicole of Prie Mer
One hundred years after the Great Surchatain Roman of Lystra, the beautiful Chataine Rene meets Nicole, the 17-year-old daughter of a humble tailor, and insists she come to the palace at Westford. Nicole is unprepared for the sophistication and treachery of palace life, but her father has decreed that she shall not come home without a rich or noble husband.