“Replete with meticulously researched details, sympathetic characters, and two equally captivating storylines, the book will keep readers guessing until its conclusion.  For anyone with even so much as a passing interest in art or history, this book is a gem!” 

―Jacqueline Friedland, award-winning author of Trouble the Water 

"Linda Stewart Henley does a beautiful job re-imagining Degas’s trip to America and cleverly weaves it with Anne Gautier’s story as it unfolds a hundred years later. Estelle is a colorful, intriguing page-turner that keeps the reader guessing right up until the very end!" 

―Michelle Cox, multiple award-winning author of the Henrietta Inspector Howard series  

"Interweaving a contemporary story with a rich and detailed glimpse into a little-known segment of famed French painter Edgar Degas’s life, Linda Stewart Henley invites readers into the intriguing art world of New Orleans through interlocking storylines set a century apart. An admirable debut!" 

―Ashley E. Sweeney, award-winning author of Eliza Waite and Answer Creek 

"Edgar Degas and Sam Mollineux are seductive, brilliant, and fiendishly evasive. In this powerful historical novel, both men leave many beautiful dreamers in their wake―including themselves." 

―Thomas West, PhD, former Professor, University of Paris-Nanterre, and former chief editor, Art International