France, 1778.
After the death of her father, twenty-two-year-old Antoinette Rousset leaves her quiet village for Lyon, hoping to build a new life as a companion in the prestigious Fontenay household.
Instead, she walks into a house haunted by grief.
The widowed patriarch longs for peace. His eldest son hides behind duty. The charming middle brother masks dangerous emotions with effortless smiles. The youngest carries silent wounds no one dares to speak of.
As the seasons change, Antoinette becomes the one person each of them cannot ignore.
What begins as friendship slowly turns into longing. Longing becomes rivalry. And rivalry threatens to destroy an entire family.
Set against the elegant streets and silk houses of eighteenth-century Lyon, Antoinette is a sweeping historical novel of forbidden love, impossible choices, jealousy, redemption, and the price of following your heart when every path leads to heartbreak.
