title: The Life of Saint Audrey: A Text by Marie De France
author: Emanuel J. Mickel (Foreword)
description: Award winner <b>June Hall McCash</b> is professor emerita of French and Humanities at Middle Tennessee State University. She lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. <b></b><b>Judith Clark Barban</b> is professor emerita of French at Winthrop University and former president of the International Marie de France Society. She lives in Tega Cay, South Carolina.
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  “You asked me for seeds and bulbs of the flowers of this country… [There are]
  none here that are very rare or very beautiful. Everything is savage here, the
  flowers as well as the men.”
  
  — Marie de L'Incarnation
  
  Quebec, 1653
  
  HEAVEN IN HIS ARMS
  
  by
  
  Lisa Ann Verge
  
  "An absorbing, exciting romantic adventure!" -RT Book Reviews
  
  "Lisa Ann Verge breathes fresh life into the romance genre."  -Affaire de
  Coeur
  
  Struggling to survive on the streets of Paris, Genevieve will do anything to
  start a new life. She’ll even switch places with a King’s Girl, one of many
  penniless young noblewomen destined to be shipped to the savage French
  colonies. It’s a dangerous masquerade that comes with a high price: Once in
  Quebec, Genny will have to marry a stranger.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/00001.jpg)Prologue ![](images/00001.jpg)
  
  Paris, July 1670
  
  This was her only chance.
  
  Genevieve pressed against the stone wall. The dampness seeped through her
  woolen dress and chilled her skin, already cla