Born of Betrayal, Driven by Survival: Clotilde’s Journey in Immortal Heart
She wasn’t supposed to survive.
She wasn’t supposed to fight.
She definitely wasn’t supposed to become unforgettable.
Yet Clotilde Dupre did all three—on her own terms.
In Immortal Heart, the upcoming historical romance with a supernatural edge, Clotilde emerges as one of the novel’s most enigmatic and emotionally charged figures. A woman carved from sorrow and circumstance, she is as complex as she is unforgettable—charming and sharp, bruised but brilliant, and constantly rewriting the rules of her own existence.
Clotilde’s life begins in the shadows of the Belle Étoile plantation in New Orleans—a world where her very birth was met with silence, judgment, and shame. Raised in a society that would never fully claim her, she learned early that survival wasn’t just a skill—it was a necessity.
But even in the bleakest corners of her childhood, there was one soul who saw her worth. It was Bessie—a proud, matriarch with a heart as fierce as it was wise, Clotilde’s grandmother believed her granddaughter was born with more than a burden—she was born with fire.
And that fire never went out.
🌹 Becoming “Tildie”: A Master of Reinvention
To know Clotilde is to know a woman of masks. She’s witty, graceful, and always calculating. She can disarm a room with a glance or build walls with a single sentence. But beneath every well-placed smile and every charming deflection lies a storm of insecurities and scars.
She is a woman shaped by rejection but fueled by an unrelenting need to be seen—on her own terms.
Clotilde doesn’t chase purity or perfection.
She chases power.
Freedom.
Safety.
Even love… though she would never admit it aloud.
🚂 A Life Reimagined in Harlem
By summer 1876, Clotilde had arrived in New York with nothing but her body, and her brains. After being mistaken for a white prostitute by a wealthy stranger, a light bulb went off—passing for white might be her salvation.
From that moment on, Clotilde rewrote her identity. Her history. Her pain. She joined a white brothel, built connections, and eventually caught the attention of a Sicilian mobster named Sam Carlenti, who married her without ever knowing who she really was.
🤍 Harriet: The Friendship That Refused to Die
In 1877, Clotilde met Harriet. When Clotilde crosses paths with Harriet—Immortal Heart’s emotionally rooted and spiritually gifted protagonist—a slow-burning, soul-deep friendship begins. Theirs is not a perfect bond. It’s messy, layered, and deeply human.
Where Harriet is grounded in ancestral strength and identity, Clotilde is still searching for her own. Their connection becomes a mirror, a lifeline, and sometimes, a battlefield.
But one thing is certain: Clotilde has never met anyone quite like Harriet. And once their lives intertwine, neither woman will ever be the same.
🕯️ Why Clotilde Matters
She is not a heroine in the traditional sense.
She makes mistakes—many of them.
She hides, she lies, she breaks.
But Clotilde Dupre is the kind of woman literature often overlooks: the beautiful, bitter survivor who doesn’t ask for your love—she dares you to give it anyway.
Her story is for every woman who’s had to adapt, to shield her pain, to carry contradictions inside her chest.
For every woman who’s ever asked, “If I tell the truth about myself, will anyone stay?”
📖 Immortal Heart – Coming Soon
If you’re drawn to layered characters, soul-deep friendships, and the messy, magical truth of womanhood—Clotilde’s story will speak to you. But be warned: she’s not easily forgotten.
Stay tuned. Immortal Heart is on its way. And Clotilde Dupre is ready to be seen.
