The Orange Grove

Blois, 1705. The Château of Duc Hugo d’Amboise simmered with rivalry and intrigue. Henriette d’Augustin, one of five mistresses of the duc, lived at the château with her daughter. When the duc’s wife, Duchesse Charlotte, maliciously undermined a new mistress, Letitia, Henriette was forced to choose between position and morality. She fought to maintain her status whilst targeted by the duchesse who would do anything to harm her enemies. The arrival of charismatic tarot reader, Romain de Villiers, further escalated tensions as rivals in love and domestic politics strived for supremacy. In a society where status is a matter of life and death, Henriette had to stay true to herself, her daughter, and her heart, all the while hiding a painful secret of her own.