BITTER CHOCOLATE (P/B)

LAURE, SEVENTEEN, BEAUTIFUL AND ALREADY ABANDONED TWICE IN HER YOUNG LIFE. ONCE BY THE GLAMOROUS MOTHER SHE CAN BARELY REMEMBER, A WOMAN WHO BROUGHT SHAME ON THE ST LAZARE FAMILY NAME AND FLED TO AMERICA; AND THEN AGAIN BY A HANDSOME SOLDIER WHO LEFT HER PREGNANT AND ALONE, FACING THE WRATH OF HER GRANDMOTHER. AMELIE, CAUGHT IN A WORLD WHERE SHE'S NEITHER SERVANT NOR MISTRESS, TRAPPED BETWEEN THE ST LAZARE FAMILY SHE'S ALWAYS WORKED FOR AND THE SIMMERING HOSTILITY OF A COUNTRY ON THE VERGE OF MELTDOWN. WITH A PAST SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AND NO FAMILY OF HER OWN, SHE YEARNS TO FIND A PLACE THAT CAN BE HOME. MELANIE, THE ROCK STAR'S DAUGHTER WHO HAS EVERYTHING MONEY CAN BUY EXCEPT THE LOVE SHE CRAVES. A DADDY'S GIRL CAUGHT IN A WHIRL OF DAMAGING RELATIONSHIPS, TESTING THOSE CLOSEST TO HER. IN ONE MAN SHE SEES THE CHANCE TO CHANGE HER LIFE FOR EVER, BUT AT WHAT PRICE? IN A STORY THAT BEGINS IN THE RELENTLESS HEAT OF A HAITIAN SUMMER AND SWEEPS THROUGH THE LUXURY OF AMERICA'S ELITE TO THE