The View From Rampart Street
Mariette Delon is a beautiful young Quadroon, the daughter of a wealthy white Creole and his mulatto mistress.
In sultry, tempestuous New Orleans at that time, the port was bustling and the theater was an immensely popular diversion. Underneath the façade of this wealthy and proper society was a system called plaçage that ruled the lives of beautiful young women like Mariette. Trained all their lives to be plaçees, mistresses of white Creole gentlemen, these ladies enjoyed the finer things, such as a home on Rampart Street. But Mariette rebels against the system, wishing only to be an actress and to love and be loved by a man of her own choosing.
Against her will, she attends the annual Quadroon Ball, where alliances between Quadroons and Creole gentlemen are arranged. There she meets handsome young Philippe Grillet, a wealthy aristocrat, who tells her she should not be a plaçee but the wife of a Creole, reinforcing her innermost desires. But Mariette’s father has his own plans for her and she is forced into a contract she detests. Her home is filled with luxuries, but her heart is empty because she must submit to a shameful lifestyle.
Now it is up to Philippe to save her, first by accepting a life-threatening challenge, then by pursuing her across the continent to claim her for his own. Facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles, these two lovers will each have to fight to claim a destiny that is rightfully theirs.
Publisher’s website: www.eloquentbooks.com/
ISBN: 98-1-60911-054-
About the Author:
Mary Lou Widmer is an author, former teacher, and historian. She has been published twelve times in both fiction and non-fiction. Among her novels are Night Jasmine and Lace Curtain.
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