The lost lambs, they don't know their destination and can only stumble forward under God's guidance.
Being involved in the grand river of history, no one is qualified to control his own destiny. In the blink of an eye, fate has overturned everything.
God loves to test those who are strong-willed. Fortunate? Or unfortunate? An unblessed life is trudging through the torrent of times in a foreign land...
Who says heroes emerge from troubled times? In these troubled times, there are only batches of martyrs.
[Slower heat, HE, quality guaranteed. 18Th century French setting. I haven't read BG stories for many years. I almost exclusively read BG stories from BL, so female characters are relatively independent and strong men and strong women are almost certain.