Evangeline: The Road to Versailles (Valbelle)

They killed her parents. They took her lands. She is in disgrace and wants her life back. She will draw on all her resources to get back what was hers.


France 1772, Evangeline de Valbelle’s father is arrested, leaving his family with nothing. So, Evangeline finds refuge in Paris, thus beginning their new life of misery.
Before the execution of her father, Evangeline arranges for some brigands to rescue him. But, they are too late. After her father’s death, Evangeline swears to revenge him.
A few months after his execution, when Evangeline gets the help from the Countess of Montagu, she starts to see the Shadow of her father everywhere and especially in the most difficult moments of her life.
Is he still alive or does she see ghosts? How will she survive on her own in Paris?

Enter the world of fiction of Evangeline and Count von Fersen.

If you love historical fiction with a note of romance, if you love strong heroin and light entertainment, if you love Jean Plaidy, Juliet Dymoke and Elizabeth Chadwick then you’ll love the books by Dana Arpquest.
The story is a work of fiction, but it is inspired by the love story between Count Axel von Fersen and Marie-Antoinette which takes place in France, Versailles and Paris in the 18th Century just before the French Revolution. The Road to Versailles is the first installment in the Series Evangeline.