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The Wild Cry of Love

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Valda lives a life of luxury with her mother and stepfather in a beautiful château in France. Educated in Paris and enjoying all that French society can offer, Valda’s English roots seem a very distant memory. That is until the day her stepfather declares that in true French style he is planning an arranged marriage for her.

Horrified at the thought of marrying a complete stranger, Valda knows that it is impossible for her to go along with her stepfather’s wishes, no matter how angry he will be by her disobedience. Much as she loves him, she has inherited her late father’s lively intelligent mind and spirit of adventure, as well as his wealth. She also possesses a soul that cries out for true love. Declaring that she intends to marry only for love and will choose her own husband, Valda struggles against a tradition that challenges all of her hopes and dreams.

Determined to prove to her stepfather that she can make wise, independent choices for herself, she bravely decides to embark on the journey of a lifetime to become a photographer. Stealing away at daybreak with her friends, the Gypsies, she knows that a Romani caravan is the very last place that anyone will look for an English heiress, leaving her safe to pursue her plan.

Reaching the Camargue in the South of France, Valda is captivated by its wild beauty and the stunning birds, bulls and horses. But before very long a handsome stranger catches her attention in an unexpected way. Still in disguise, she begins to realise that the romance she is seeking might be within her grasp – if only she can make him see that love is worth much more than money.

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Author’s NoteThe Camargue lies on the coast between the Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France. Often described as its own little country, almost 90 per cent of the 360-sq-mile delta is protected as a National Park, home to dozens of unique species of flora and fauna, animals and birds, which attract thousands of visitors a year. When I visited in 1975, I was entranced and captivated by its beauty, but distressed, as were so many other people back then, by the encroachment of the rice planters. At the time the Camargue grew 800.000 hundredweight of rice annually and this was increasing year by year. This caused predictions that the Camargue would totally disappear within ten years, losing something unique and very wonderful. Luckily this has not happened and the area is still a realm of unspoilt nature with salt steppes, reed beds, lakes and pools with their flamingos, little cygnets, black bulls and white horses. In this novel I have tried to convey the magic and mystery of this exquisite wilderness, which I believe to be part of the soul of France.

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