Merchants of Virtue: 1 (The Huguenot Connection)

France 1685. Jeanne is the wife of a wealthy merchant but now she risks losing everything. Louis XIVs soldiers will stop at nothing to forcibly convert the countrys Huguenot heretics to the true faith. The men ransack Jeannes belongings and threaten to take her children. One by one Jeanne watches her neighbors cave under the constant harassment. She and her husband resolve to hold fast to their Protestant principals of liberty of conscience but Jeanne wonders if the punishment for their defiance is more than she can bear...If Jeanne cant find a way to evade the soldiers clutches her family will face a fate worse than poverty and imprisonment. They may never see each other again...Merchants of Virtue is the first book in the Huguenot Chronicles a trilogy of historical fiction novels. If you like fast-paced adventure rich layers of historical detail and inspirational stories based on true events then youll love Paul C.R. Monks stirring novel. Get it now!