Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan

Runyan, member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Women’s Fiction Writers Association, has been an avid student of French and Francophone Studies for more than fifteen years. Yet no matter how carefully she chooses, each will be tested by hardship and heartbreaking loss and sustained by the strength found in their uncommon friendship, and the precarious freedom offered by their new home.Īimie K. Scarred by her traumatic past, Rose decides to take holy vows rather than marry. Nicole, a farmer’s daughter from Rouen, marries a charming officer who promises comfort and security. Once in Quebec, Elisabeth quickly accepts baker Gilbert Beaumont, who wants a business partner as well as a wife. Despite their different backgrounds, Rose, Nicole, and Elisabeth all believe that marriage to a stranger is their best, perhaps only, chance of happiness. Each prospective bride has her reason for leaving poverty, family rejection, a broken engagement.

Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. They are known as the filles du roi, or King’s Daughters – young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Runyan masterfully blends fact and fiction to explore the founding of New France through the experiences of three young women who, in 1667, answer Louis XIV’s call and journey to the Canadian colony.

In her illuminating debut novel, Aimie K. About the Book:īound for a new continent, and a new beginning. I received a free copy of Promised to the Crown for my honest review.

Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyan