With Violets

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Paris in the 1860s: a magnificent time of expression, where brilliant young artists rebel against the stodginess of the past to freely explore new styles of creatingand bold new ways of living.

Passionate, beautiful, and utterly devoted to her art, Berthe Morisot is determined to be recognized as an important painter. But as a woman, she finds herself sometimes overlooked in favor of her male counterpartsMonet, Pissarro, Degas.

And there is one great artist among them who captivates young Berthe like none other: the celebrated genius douard Manet. A mesmerizing, breathtaking roguea shameless rou, undeterred and irresistiblehis life is a wildly overgrown garden of scandal. He becomes Berthe's mentor, her teacher...her lover, despite his curiously devoted marriage to his frumpy, unappealing wife, Suzanne, and his many rumored dalliances with his own models. For a headstrong young woman from a respectable family, an affair with such an intoxicating scoundrel can only spell heartbreak and ruin.

But Berthe refuses to resign herself to the life of quiet submission that Society has dictated for her. Undiscouraged, she will create her own destiny...and confront lifeand loveon her own terms.

Reviews

"With deft brush strokes, Elizabeth Robards creates a wonderfully vivid portrait of the Second Empire and the dawn of Impressionism." -- Tracy Grant, author of Beneath a Silent Moon

"Set among the beauty and majesty of Paris at the height of its articits period, Robards' novel weaves the story of passion and lust among the historical events. A masterpiece in itself, With Violets is a delightful novel." -- Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas)

Author Bio

Award-winning author Elizabeth Robards formerly lived in France and has studied art and writing. She earned a degree in journalism only to realize reporting "just the facts" bored her silly. Much more content to report to her muse, Elizabeth has found Nirvana doing what she loves mostwriting contemporary and historical women's fiction full time. She loves to traveland when she can't, her imagination transports her all over the world.