Cameron Andrews is grieving the death of his wife and his stillborn child two years ago. Head of the Andrews Shipping Empire, he is wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. However, money cannot help with the misery that is his life. His shipping company is the greatest in the world. All he wants to do is get on one of his ships to China and never come back. He has just sailed into New Orleans and the Captain brings a stowaway he found hiding on the ship. Filthy, dirty and smelly, Cameron, thinks it is a young boy. Thinking it would be a good idea to clean him up, he takes him home.

"He" is a "she." In fact, she tells Cameron she is his daughter, Alexia. Shocked at this news, it does not take him long to realize his youthful indiscretions with Solange at Madame Olympee's brothel produced Alexia. Solange died giving birth to her. Her aunt Josette has been caring for her, trying to keep her away from the bayou where she loves to go with her cousins. She is a sassy, wild child that loves to pick pockets and is very good at it. Cameron decides to take her back to Aunt Josette. Time for his daughter to become a lady, and time for him to make sure she does.

Josette Thibodeaux LeBlanc, widow of one of the wealthiest merchants in New Orleans, climbed out of her life as bayou trash to become a respectable business woman. She has an established business selling creams she creates and blends from plants and roots. Josette has known Cameron and been in love with him all her life. He hardly knows she exists. When they meet, he is stunned by her beauty and their attraction sizzles. Cameron wants to seduce her. As he begins to know her, he falls hard for her. Josette leads him on a merry chase, but she is obsessed with him.

Kathleen Bittner Roth tells a story with vivid details about high society in New Orleans to the murky bayou. You feel you are in the bayou teeming with alligators, water moccasins, and other dangerous prey, including a little bit of voodoo. She tells a delightful story of Cameron and Josette and their journey to find love, each other, and perhaps a happy ending? Her use of the Cajun patios is amusing. JOSETTE is a book you will love and not want to put down until the charming ending. I loved it. Don' cha know?