The Beaulieu Heir - Françoise Bourdin - book

The Beaulieus have been printers from father to son for two centuries, but it was Barth who turned the family business into a prosperous industrial group. Skillful and charming, despite his brutality, he reigns over the Beaulieu clan in the Carrouges manor, near Honfleur. But what good is an empire without an heir to pass the torch to? Anxious to pass on the heritage, his relatives plot and scheme, wanting to impose as his successor a nephew he despises. For his part, Barth, haunted by the memory of Nicky, the only woman he has ever truly loved, seeks to avenge the wound caused by his betrayal. Unease reigns within the great Beaulieu house, and all it takes is a banal hunting accident to ignite the powder keg... Secrets from the past, rivalries, thwarted loves, and settling of scores... Françoise Bourdin has written a thrilling family story, at the heart of the little-known world of printing.