by Claire Harper (Author)
Locked in a convent when tasked with saving her family's souls, a spirited young noblewoman chafes against a cruel abbess and stifling abbey. Lady Geneviève yearns to be free and dreams of reuniting with her beloved groom and the horses they'd trained together. Beyond the abbey's high stone walls, rumbles of revolt explode into a revolution hell-bent on dismantling the monarchy and its closest ally, the Church.
When her worldly sister is inexplicably committed as well, Geneviève realizes there are family secrets to unlock. As Geneviève fights to uncover the truth, she gets swept into the tangled clash between royalists and revolutionaries. Will she remain a sacrificial lamb or find a way to follow her heart through these dangerous times?
Ripples in Stone features a noble family whose lives are turned inside out when leaders of the right and left fight for dominion and the people of France fall on either side of the great divide. The French Revolution was far messier than the American Revolution; an ideological quagmire that gradually descended into madness. Ripples in Stone takes place at the beginning of this madness. It follows the misfortunes of an unlikely heroine who looks at life through a particularly clear lens which tries the patience of liars and fools.