[@Olive Fontaine] Working on my app as we speak! The tl;dr for the character is the eldest daughter of a well-to-do New Orleans family in the lumber business (Fun fact: L’Hôte Lumber was actually one of the biggest lumber companies in Louisiana around this time, [i]and[/i] I so happen to be descended from L’Hôtes! So I can’t help but to humour the history, coming from that city as I do XD). As for why she’s in France, it helps to kill two birds with one stone and have one’s fairly bright daughter attend further education and perhaps happen to (read: should) find a well-educated, well-bred Francophone, since the pool in New Orleans isn’t getting any deeper!

How does this sound, conceptually?