SUMMARY
The year is 1720. In Mark of the King French midwife Julianne finds herself unjustly convicted of murder. Branded and married off to a fellow convict, she is shipped off to the primitive French outpost of New Orleans, where a delicate balance exists between the natives and the settlers.
One ray of hope in her exile is Julianne’s hope of finding her brother, a soldier who had been sent with the army to New Orleans. Another silver lining is the French military officer Marc-Paul who takes a special interest in making sure she is protected in a colony where she is marked as a criminal.
But conditions in New Orleans are difficult at best. Tensions run high with the threat of starvation and war ever present. Will Julianne find the answers she seek? Will she ever overcome the king’s brand marking her as a criminal?
