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Self Published
April 2014
On Sale: April 28, 2014
Featuring: Renee Desselle
ISBN: 1496103661
EAN: 9781496103666
Kindle: B00K0VPHDY
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Romance Historical
Cultures clash and collide in thrilling and provocative ways
in this historical romance by debut author, Ursula LeCoeur.
On Sundays, Mass at St. Louis Cathedral is standing room
only, but on Mondays, the good Catholics of New Orleans are
buying love potions and devotional candles from their
favorite voodoo priestess. Fashionable and proper ladies
dine at Antoine’s and other centers of Creole cuisine; they
dance at masked Mardi Gras balls, show off their décolletage
at America’s first opera house, and meet for trysts in the
shadow of palatial oaks. Gentlemen idle at the Absinthe
House on Bourbon Street, conduct business with relentless
energy, and visit dance halls and brothels until the early
morning on Gallatine Street. From the fabled cobblestone streets of the French Quarter,
to the gracious mansions of the Garden District, to the
swamps and watery mists surrounding the beloved city of New
Orleans, Ursula LeCoeur introduces readers to the world of
two unforgettable characters: Renee Desselle is a beautiful
young widow who owns a thriving French Quarter millinery.
Irishman William Collins is a newcomer to New Orleans who
manages his uncle’s prosperous cotton brokerage. In the
midst of preparations for the city’s grand World Exposition
and Cotton Centennial of 1884, Renee offers to assist a
desperate society matron who is being stalked by a
mysterious stranger. To help his uncle, William undertakes
the search for an embezzler on the Cotton Exposition
Committee. Passion ignites between hero and heroine as their
investigations intertwine on a path that leads to love—and
murder. In this witty and passionate first novel, courage and the
promise of new love triumph over unknown dangers threatening
from darkened alleys, and the mistrust and desperation of a
complicated past.
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