In the turbulent years before revolution reshapes the world, the threads of Penny Hartford and Clauvère de la Pointierre's lives have grown more tangled?and more dangerous?than either of them imagined.

What began as an innocent bond in the streets of colonial Savannah has followed them across oceans, from the Caribbean shores of Martinique to the elegant yet unforgiving courts of France.

Now grown, Penny and Clauvère must face a world far less willing to overlook what once seemed harmless. Social expectation, racial prejudice, and the demands of family threaten to tear apart the fragile future they once dreamed of together.

Yet love, once woven into the fabric of their lives, refuses to unravel so easily.

Braiding Fortunes: Act II ? Fortune Tested continues the sweeping historical romance begun in Fortune Woven, where destiny is no longer a promise of youth?but a trial of courage, loyalty, and the strength of a love that may cost them everything.