Gennie the Huguenot Woman

By: Bette M. Ross

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Synopsis: The time of the French and Indian Wars. Those turbulent times when our nation was experiencing birth pains. Come now and take a step back into those tumultuous years with gennie, the Huguenot woman. You'll first meet this beautiful young French woman as she escapes with her mother from France after her father and brother are martyred for their Protestant faith. The two women reluctantly agree to journey to the New World as indentured servants to a French farmer in Pennsylvania. There Gennie meets and falls in love with Thomas Roebuck, a rugged young trapper who is headed North to fight against the French. Before he leaves, he and Gennie are betrothed. But while he is away, a wealthy, elderly merchant takes an interest in Gennie and offers her master a trade that is too tempting to resist. Gennie struggles to remain free but, as a servant, she is powerless to decide her own fate. She then finds herself involved in a cruel, loveless marriage and is sustained solely by her deep-rooted faith in her Savior. Despite her desperate situation, she believes that He will provide a means of escape.