Holy Fools

A novel of love and betrayal, friendshio and revenge, set in 17th century France from the international bestselling author of Chocolat and Coastlines. Brittany, 1610. Juliette, a onetime actress and rope dancer, has been forced to seek refuge among the sisters of the abbey of Sainte Marie-de-la-mer. Reinventing herself as Souer Auguste, Juliette makes a new life for herself and her young daughter, Fleur. But when the kindly abbess dies, Juliette's comfortable existence begins to unravel. The abbey's new leader is the daughter of a corrupt noble family, and she arrives with a ghost from Juliette's past-Guy LeMerle, a man she has every reason to fear and hate...