Author Q. du Bonair proudly offers her debut novel, Elodie and The King. Uniquely blending history and fantasy, the story follows a young girl who escapes her family's cruelty through a magical bond with France's Sun King. Inspired by a lifelong love of France, Albert Lamorisse's classic 1956 movie The Red Balloon, Louis XIV, and the transformative power of storytelling, Q. creates worlds where love protects, vulnerability and innocence matter, and dreams survive.