"Spanish civilization crushed the Indian;
English civilization scorned and neglected him;
French civilization embraced and cherished him."
.....Francis Parkman
The Reckoning
There were two things Dominic Jolliet promised himself when he left
Paris for New France. The first was respectability and the second
was revenge. Respectability he'd attained long ago. And now, at last,
revenge was finally within reach, staring up at him through
Alexandra Winthrop's wide, golden eyes. He searched her face assessing
the changes of the past two years. Her red-brown hair, once
lightly powdered and piled on top of her head, was pulled back into
a single braid revealing the pure, uncluttered line of chin
and cheekbones. She was thin and dirty, her skin burned darker than
he'd ever seen on a white woman. Dominic swallowed, his glance
sweeping the coppery curls of the child in her arms. His throat
closed. He took a deep rasping breath. With a helpless sense
of inevitability, he realized it was all for nothing. His years
in the Canadian wilderness hadn't cured him of his obsession.
Denise Little Presents
Pinnacle Historical Romance
ISBN 0-7860-0441-X