A Score to Settle — F.M. Parker

A western novel set in 1846 New Orleans details the lives of three people--Lew Fannin, an ex-Texas ranger who stole a man's identity and inherited his enemies; Tim Wolfolk, presumed dead after an imposter takes over his late uncle's shipping empire; and Ce+a7cile Pereaux, a Creole woman who was the mistress of Wolfolk's uncle and keeper of his secrets. Original.