Dead: one ordinary man. Just the latest in a string of losers in the wrong place at the worst time. Not the kind of case to yank New Orleans homicide detective Guy Gautreaux back from his leave of absence in Toussaint, Louisiana.

There's someone in Toussaint Guy will do anything to protect. Jilly Gable is desperate to find the love of the family who abandoned her as a child. And when the wife of a powerful New Orleans antiques dealer

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When Max savage opens his practice in a remote bayou town he hopes it's the start of a new life. But soon Max discovers he can't escape a past riddled with accusations of murder, especially since another woman is missing and he was the last to see her alive. Annie Duhon knows all about nightmares and the need to escape the past, but as her fascination with Max grows she must decide if he can be trusted with her secrets and deepest desires. Max is...

'Tis the season to be wary...
Christmas is coming and all is far from calm in Pointe Judah, Louisiana. Newcomer Christian DeAngelo—Angel to his friends—is at his wit's end trying to manage Sonny, the hotheaded nineteen-year-old everyone believes is his nephew. In fact, Sonny is the orphaned son of a notorious mob boss, a protected witness...and Angel's responsibility.
Angel has been commiserating with Eileen Moggeridge, whose lonely...