The Casquette Girls
Author: Alys Arden
Publisher: Alys Arden, LLC
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780989757713
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The Casket Girl
Author: Naomi Musch
Publisher: Publish America
Published: 2005-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781413795448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Catrine Lafonte comes to New Orleans as one of King Louisas acasket girlsa during the onset of the French and Indian wars, she is filled with dreams of marrying her old love and finding a peace long denied her. But soon, her expectations are dashed in a way she never imagined, leaving her to long for escape from a new life of drudgery that has been shackled upon her. Now, her future will be decided between the hard-fisted old woman who holds her indenture, and two very different men. Caught in the clutches of a courier-de-bois she despises, rescued by a frontiersman she doesnat trust, and blinded by her own unquenchable desires, Catrine tries vainly and sometimes desperately to create her own happiness, while all the time it is God who is teaching her what it might mean to truly build her house upon a rock.
Casket Girls
Author: Amy Pilkington
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-01-24
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9781984057631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn New Orleans, the cemeteries are filled with above-ground tombs that resemble tiny houses. Some people call these cemeteries "cities of the dead." Casket Girls is the first book in the Cities of the Dead series. The summer of 1728 was a dreary time in the fledgling settlement of New Orleans. The men were lonely and morale was low. Work was at a standstill. If the king wanted a picturesque town that would lure new settlers, he had to find a way to motivate the bachelors. The settlers were excited when they learned that the Le Pelican carried prospective brides, but the new arrivals quickly turn the town upside down. Jacques never believed the stories of vampires in the new world, but he knew there was evil among them. His determination to reveal the truth behind a murder leads to another murder, and the town is torn apart. The casket girls are labeled as vampires and become the target of many. They need a true hero to save them from an angry mob, but do vampires or heroes exist?
The Glass Casket
Author: McCormick Templeman
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2014-02-11
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0449813150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeath hasn't visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl. But that changes one bleak morning, when five horses and their riders thunder into her village and through the forest, disappearing into the hills. Days later, the riders' bodies are found, and though no one can say for certain what happened in their final hours, their remains prove that whatever it was must have been brutal. Rowan's village was once a tranquil place, but now things have changed. Something has followed the path those riders made and has come down from the hills, through the forest, and into the village. Beast or man, it has brought death to Rowan's door once again. Only this time, its appetite is insatiable. A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Pick [STAR] "With stylish prose, richly developed characters and well-realized worldbuilding, Templeman plumbs archetypes of folklore to create a compelling blend of mythic elements and realistic teen experience."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred [STAR] "This has both the stylish beauty of those [classic fairy] tales and the chilling darkness that makes them timeless."-The Bulletin, Starred “The legion of Maggie Stiefvater fans out there ought to look this way.”-Booklist
Casket Girls
Author: Seth Pevey
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-07-20
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen homeless men start to mysteriously disappear from the French Quarter, there seems to be only one woman in the world who gives a damn. Tina has had a rough past, and there is something very personal about these vulnerable men just vanishing so unnoticed. Luckily, she happens to be in love with a budding private eye that has quite a lot of free time on his hands. With an ancient, ex-NOPD partner in tow, the trio will have to delve into the lore surrounding a local institution. They soon find that a terrible secret lies within that may shake the foundational mythos of the city of New Orleans. But the clock is ticking for one of the missing-Tina knows it. And not everyone wants this history rewritten. Will she be able to rally the detectives in time to find the men, before it's too late? Grab this southern noir mystery today to find out! Casket Girls is the Fourth installment in the highly-rated series following the adventures of private detective Felix Herbert and his partner, ex-NOPD detective David Melancon, but it can also be read as a stand-alone novel.
Casket Girls
Author: Elisabeth Sereda
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Published: 2024-10-21
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 1665760567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA scandalous Parisian aristocrat. An enslaved girl with voodoo skills. A French widow with a dark secret. A free woman of color from Cuba. A criminal with an agenda. A shy country girl from rural France. And twelve Ursuline nuns. Together, they spend six months crossing the ocean, arriving at La Nouvelle Orleàns, France’s outpost in their colony at America’s South shores. The year is 1727. Regardless of the color of their skin or their social class, the Ursulines educate them at their convent where they find safety. But outside, they face criminals and sometimes commit crimes themselves. As they endure trials, their lives intertwine – and their pasts are revealed. The story of the Casket Girls – one of Catholicism and Voodoo, nuns and prostitutes, of pirates and smugglers, tragedy and redemption, and most of all survival – has never been told before. Rooted in historical facts and occurrences, some of the characters are based on real people. Their stories – told over the course of twenty years – however, are fictional.
The Broken Girls
Author: Simone St. James
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2018-03-20
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0698198484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA journalist uncovers the dark secrets of an abandoned boarding school in this chilling suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants—the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the ones too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall, and local legend says the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their friendship blossoming—until one of them mysteriously disappears.... Vermont, 2014. Twenty years ago, journalist Fiona Sheridan's elder sister’s body was found in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And although her sister’s boyfriend was tried and convicted of the murder, Fiona can’t stop revisiting the events, unable to shake the feeling that something was never right about the case. When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during renovations links the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past—and a voice that won’t be silenced....
Eggs in a Casket
Author: Laura Childs
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0425269086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New York Times bestselling Cackleberry Club series returns with three intrepid ladies who know their way around a kitchen—as well as a crime scene… Petra, Suzanne, and Toni may have lost their husbands, but they’ve found new life operating the Cackleberry Club café. It’s where the locals head for an amazing breakfast, the good company of friends, and a puzzling mystery or two… THIS KILLER IS TOAST Suzanne and Toni are off to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for its 150th anniversary celebration. The ladies expect to find the historical society’s tent, but instead they discover the body of ex-prison warden Lester Drummond lying facedown in a freshly dug grave. Now, with the town peppered with suspects and the local authorities in over their heads, it’s up to the Cackleberry Club to unscramble the clues and sniff out a bad egg. Recipes Included!
The Brides of la Baleine
Author: Ladnier
Publisher:
Published: 2017-03-31
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780692839287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of 88 young girls and women who volunteered to leave France in 1720 and go to the Colony of Louisiana as brides for the soldiers and settlers who lived there.
Mutinous Women
Author: Joan DeJean
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2022-04-19
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1541600592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe secret history of the rebellious Frenchwomen who were exiled to colonial Louisiana and found power in the Mississippi Valley In 1719, a ship named La Mutine (the mutinous woman), sailed from the French port of Le Havre, bound for the Mississippi. It was loaded with urgently needed goods for the fledgling French colony, but its principal commodity was a new kind of export: women. Falsely accused of sex crimes, these women were prisoners, shackled in the ship’s hold. Of the 132 women who were sent this way, only 62 survived. But these women carved out a place for themselves in the colonies that would have been impossible in France, making advantageous marriages and accumulating property. Many were instrumental in the building of New Orleans and in settling Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, and Mississippi. Drawing on an impressive range of sources to restore the voices of these women to the historical record, Mutinous Women introduces us to the Gulf South’s Founding Mothers.
