Melica Niccole

Patti Flinn is an Ohio author of historical, suspense, mystery, and children’s fiction, and 2023 IPPY Award winner (Véronique’s Journey).

Flinn also writes contemporary and edgy/inspirational romance. She has also been a finalist of the Phillis Wheatley Award for Fiction, winner of the Romance Writers’ Ink award for Romantic Comedy, and winner of the Romance Slam Jam Emma Award debut fiction under her pseudonym, Ava Bleu.

She is the author of Veronique’s Journey. This book focuses on 18th century France and the choices for a young black woman of modest means being slim.

Véronique Clair loves her parents and their small home in the countryside of Burgundy but dreams of using her talent for sewing and embroidery to make her own way, without having to rely on a man.

When Véronique’s well-meaning parents find her a suitor of elevated station their happiness turns into her despair. Véronique must make the difficult choice between agreeing to an arranged marriage–with its promise of elevated status in society–or embark upon an unpredictable journey across France and into a world she’s never known.

…for a young woman of honor, only the heart can guide the way.

Website: https://gildedorangebooks.com/