New Orleans is nothing like Julianne expects.
The price of her transport, however, is a forced marriage to a fellow convict. Hoping to reunite with her brother, a soldier, she trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling French colony of Louisiana. From the Back Cover Lovers of historical fiction will be transported by this beautifully written novel of the early 18th-century frontier.-Lori Benton, award-winning author of The Woods Edge and A Flight of Arrows Life in This New World Requires More Strength Than She Ever Imagined After the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier is imprisoned and branded, marking her as a criminal beyond redemption. What is behind the mystery, and does military officer Marc-Paul Girard know more than he is letting on? With her dreams of a new life shattered, Julianne must find her way in this dangerous, rugged land, despite never being able to escape the kings mark on her shoulder that brands her a criminal beyond redemption. When they arrive in New Orleans, there is no news of Benjamin, Juliannes brother, and searching for answers proves dangerous. To make the journey, though, women must be married, and Julianne is forced to wed a fellow convict. Book Synopsis Sweeping Historical Fiction Set at the Edge of the Continent After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling 1720s French colony of Louisiana, where she hopes to be reunited with her brother, serving there as a soldier. She marries a fellow convict in order to sail, but when tragedy strikes-and a mystery unfolds-Julianne must find her own way in this dangerous new land while bearing the brand of a criminal. About the Book After being unjustly imprisoned for the death of her client, midwife Julianne Chevalier trades her life sentence for exile to the French colony of Louisiana in 1720.
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