Vying for Versailles

As the impoverished daughter of a minor aristocrat, how will you gain independence and find love in the scheming court of Louis XIV in Versailles?

This book takes place in an alternate universe where the Crusades and Reconquista never occurred. While it is based on the historical events of 1660s Versailles, national boundaries and religions differ substantially; characters, motivations, and specific events may differ as well.

In this book you play as Renée de Noailles, the twenty year-old daughter of the Marquis de La Fayette. The events start in 1665 when the King’s valet, Alexandre Bontemps, considered the second most important man in France after the King himself, blackmails you into joining the Sun Court to help him manipulate the court in favour of the King’s interests.