New Orleans in the 1700s!!

The Mark of the King
by Jocelyn Green

Julianne Chevalier is a midwife in Paris in the 1700’s.  When she is falsely accused of murder in the death of one of her  clients, she must choose between jail or exile to the new French colony in the Louisiana. The historical background of the French settling their new colony with convicts is unusual subject matter. Author Jocelyn Green is up to the task and gives her readers a real taste of what it must have been like – a lot of mud and mosquitoes!  Besides choosing to avoid prison, Julianne is also intent on finding her brother, Benjamin, who is in Louisiana with the military and whom she has not heard from in two years. However, when she makes the choice, she does not know it includes a forced marriage to another convict so she must make the trip to the colony and establish a home with a stranger for a husband.  And this is only the beginning of the adventure!  This novel includes mystery as well as romance and themes of forgiveness, sacrifice, and the importance prayer.