Unlikely Heroine 12+

📖 El Presidente's rebels attacked the Bonica Palace from all sides with quickness and precision that surrender was inevitable. The French consulate and his wife were brutalized and killed. El Presidente beheaded the consulate and rode through the streets, displaying the consulate's head on a pole, gloating over his victory. Fear erupted through the island for the islanders were gentle people, not fighters. They were easy prey. The few soldiers the French left to protect the palace were no match for such an unexpected invasion.Jada, Tamara's brother, tried to fight back. He was tied by the feet, dragged through the street, shot, and hanged, leaving him for all to see as a warning to anyone who dared to oppose El President's self-imposed dictatorship. Tamara watched helplessly from her hiding place. She vowed vengeance for her brother and her people.After months of establishing his laws, stripping the islanders of their dignity, El Presidente traveled to France in search of a wife. He used the Farrington's misfortune of a failing export/import business as a leverage to force them to accept a generous dowry in return for the hand of their beautiful daughter in marriage. Their thought was not of their daughter's happiness but maintaining the social status they were accustomed. Marta was furious for she was in love with Adrian. She was destined to marry a man old enough to be her father and whom she despised.His ego boasted of a beautiful wife who would be th...