From turn-of-the-century New Orleans, a city renowned for sin, seduction, and sex, comes a tale of two women inextricably linked by βthe Districtβ of Storyville, where prostitution was legalβand flourishing.
Β
Kateβyoung, beautiful, and abandoned by a man who doesnβt love herβfinds herself thrown on the mercies of the city. Julia Randsome is a transplanted Yankee, a supporter of womenβs rights, who against everyoneβs advice marries into one of the cityβs most prominent families. Though they occupy different universes in New Orleans, somehow all roads bring Kate and Julia to the same placeβ¦back to the District.
Β
As lush and provocative as New Orleans is itself, Storyville sweeps across lines of caste and blood, money and desireβand into the voluptuous secrets of a city as tempting as any on earth.
Β
βLois Battle is a born storyteller.ββThe Washington Post
Β
βStoryville comes to lurid life.ββKirkus Reviews