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. Hoping to reunite with her brother, a soldier, she
trades her life sentence for exile to the fledgling French colony of Louisiana.
The price of her transport, however, is a forced marriage to a fellow convict.
New Orleans is nothing
like Julianne expects. The settlement is steeped in mud and mosquitoes, and
there is no news of her brother Benjamin. When tragedy strikes, she turns to
military officer Marc-Paul Girard for help, but does he know more about her
brother than he will admit?
With her dreams
shattered, Julianne must find her way in this dangerous land, where only
grace—and love—can overcome the stigma of the king’s mark upon her shoulder.
The Mark of the King is
Jocelyn Green’s most recent stand-alone novel, and is also the first book I
have ever read by her. I have been excited for this book for quite some time,
as the synopsis caught my attention the first time I read it, so I was thrilled
when I was chosen to help promote its release. And, I am happy to confess that
this novel more than exceeded my expectations! Jocelyn is a wonderful
storyteller, and I was immediately sucked into Julianne’s world within minutes
of opening the pages. I absolutely fell in love with her, and with Marc-Paul, so
I completely devoured this story! The only problem I had with this book is that
I just didn’t want it to end the way it did! It was too short; I wanted to know
what happened next!!!
Julianne Chevalier is by far one of the strongest characters
I have ever read about. She goes through so much throughout the course of this
novel, especially at the beginning, and I really loved seeing her thrive
despite that. And, I absolutely love Marc-Paul. He is amazing, and the way he
treats Julianne, even after he finds out the truth of how she came to be in
Louisiana. I absolutely melted through quite a bit of this book, as Marc-Paul
absolutely swept me off my feet. He’s
that good.
All in all, I absolutely loved this book, and now am dying
to read more of Jocelyn’s novels. She did such a fantastic job with this story,
and I am so glad it is on my shelf because cannot wait to read it again. I know
this will be one of my favorites that I return to time and again, and you can
count on it staying on my all-time favorites list forever. Therefore, I am
giving it all five bookshelves—although I wish I could give it more—and I highly
recommend it!
Happy reading!
I received a copy of this book through the Litfuse Publicity
Group in exchange for only my honest review.
To see where I’m linking up, check out my Where I Party
page.
All credit for the italicized synopsis goes to Jocelyn Green
and Bethany House Publishing.
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