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2023.
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"Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long...
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"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Savanna was four years old when her twin sister, Georgia, went missing from their small Louisiana town. Twenty-eight years later, she convinces her estranged older sisters, Rayanne and Sue Ellen to help her retrieve the time capsule they buried in their old backyard. Sifting through the artifacts, they find a photograph taken on the day Georgia disappeared-- and now everything they thought they knew about that day, about each other, and about themselves,...
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Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A rare snowfall leads to a Christmas to remember. Three heartwarming, interconnected stories of faith, love, and restoration, are brought to you by three Louisiana-native authors. Will a rare snowy Louisiana Christmas bring restoration and hope to the hometown and hearts of three women from the town's founding family? In A Louisiana Snow by Morgan Tarpley Smith, meet Mattie: a passionate visionary who learns to forgive and finds love in unexpected...
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Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Adorable baby Micah melts Sienna King's heart instantly. Too bad he's related to the most insufferable man Sienna knows. Joel Armstrong has temporary custody of his sweet nephew--and no clue what he's doing. Sienna has free time...and a yearning to be a mother. It could be a perfect match. But what happens when they both start wanting a long-term ever after?"--Page 4 of cover.
7) Roux for two
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Bold Strokes Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When her celebrity chef boss is taken down in a sexual harassment scandal, Chelsea Boudreaux's dream of getting her own cooking show comes true. Her hometown of Duchesne, Louisiana, provides the perfect backdrop for her modern takes on traditional Cajun fare. Vindicating herself to the mother who never believed in her is icing on the cake. Bryce Cormier never left Duchesne and has no regrets, except that falling in love as a trans guy in a tiny town...
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Miss Fortune mystery volume 25
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"With Carter off on a military mission, there's a new sheriff in town, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie have been tasked with not interfering. But then a young girl is pulled out of the swamp, unconscious and with no memory of how she got there. And when no one comes to claim her, Fortune knows they have to help. For decades, a mysterious group known only as the Brethren has been rumored to live deep in the swamp, their contact with civilization...
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Miss Fortune mystery volume 24
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans' most prominent families. He's the quintessential golden boy--great looks, money, and a political career in his future--until his wife murders him. Or at least that's what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it's overturned, she's at a loss on how to proceed with her life. As long as people still believe she's guilty, she has no future in...
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