Publication Date: June 9, 2026
INSPIRED BY TRUE STORIES
Which will you sacrifice-the father that raised you, or the nation you adore?
Acadia, 1755. Jeanne LeJeune has always lived between worlds-the fierce daughter of a French merchant and a Mi’kmaw woman, she is torn between the quiet rhythms of village life and the wild heartbeats of her mother’s people. But when her father is seized by English soldiers, her fragile peace shatters.
To win his freedom, Jeanne agrees to guide an English officer through the wilds of Nova Scotia-a choice that entangles her in the coming storm of war. What begins as a wary alliance soon becomes a journey fraught with danger, betrayal, and passion.
As the drums of conflict echo through the untamed heart of the forest, Jeanne must face an impossible choice: betray her heart to save her father or risk everything for the nation who shaped her soul.
Lush, romantic, and unflinching, Like Snow Before Sun captures a love tested by loyalty, loss, and the devastating cost of survival.
By the 18th century, when settlers began populating what would become the Colonies, the British encountered resistance in an area historically known as Acadia.
Drawing upon historical records, author Marianne Rabalais Sulser sheds light on the forced removal of between 11,000 and 15,000 Acadians in Like Snow Before Sun.
French settlers had initially colonized the area, which the British renamed Nova Scotia, and intermarried with the Mi’kmaq, the native people. The story centers on a young woman, Jeanne, born into both worlds, who gets caught up in British politics when her French merchant father is unfairly arrested.
She serves as a guide through the area for a handsome English officer while he updates the census and maps. When tragedy strikes, Jeanne faces a choice that pits both sides of her heritage at odds.
While a painful part of history, Like Snow Before Sun provides a powerful message for the world to hear.
Marianne Rabalais Sulser, the author of Like Snow Before Sun, (Atmosphere Press, May 12, 2026), is a Louisiana native transplanted to Colorado, but she still likes to laissez les bon temps rouler with her husband and three occasionally well-behaved children.
