When an eviscerated body is discovered in the swamp, the residents of Morgan City - including the Mayor - blame the Rougarou. A swamp creature similar to Yeti or Bigfoot, the Rougarou is also known as the Werewolf of Louisiana, and Hawk - who's patrolled the basin all his life - has never seen one. With the eyes of the whole nation on the case, Hawk and Kristi must work through the political haze and find the killer. It seems like everyone has lost their common sense. But is the killer a creature of myth, or a man with evil intent?
On Friday the thirteenth of October, a five-year-old girl named James meets a monster at the Shreveport Holiday Inn. Now, there are those in southern Louisiana who believe in the legend of the rougarou—a werewolf that prowls the bayou. Others think the monster is nothing more than a Cajun tall tale. The Gauthier family, though, knows true evil exists. Matthew Gauthier, his wife, and their four kids are a family built on love and pride, but their shared happiness is shattered that terrible Friday in October after attending the Louisiana State Fair. They move on in the aftermath, even James, who grows into a great beauty is always fearful of what hides in the night. It is James’s loveliness that initially attracts rural Texas boy Charles “Cat” Thomas when they meet years later. It is her fragile nature—reminding him of his own tragic family history—that makes Cat want to protect this shy, secretive, young woman. Loving James comes at a terrible price, though, because the rougarou is still out there watching.
Maggie Crozat has the Halloween heebie-jeebies in USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's howlingly funny sixth Cajun Country mystery. Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it easy for locals to rent their spare rooms to tourists. With October--and Halloween--approaching, she conjures up a witch-crafty marketing scheme to draw visitors to Pelican, Louisiana. Five local plantation B&Bs host "Pelican's Spooky Past" packages, featuring regional crafts, unique menus, and a pet costume parade. Topping it off, the derelict Dupois cemetery is the suitably sepulchral setting for the spine-chilling play Resurrection of a Spirit. But all the witchcraft has inevitably conjured something: her B&B guests are being terrified out of town by sightings of the legendary rougarou, a cross between a werewolf and vampire. When, in the Dupois cemetery, someone costumed as a rougarou stumbles onstage during the play--and promptly gives up the ghost, the rougarou mask having been poisoned with strychnine, Maggie is on the case. But as more murders stack up, Maggie fears that Pelican's spooky past has nothing on its bloodcurdling present.
When the beautiful centuries-old vampire Jillianna Romanetti first lays eyes on Detective Jack Olivier’, she sees more than just his rugged good looks: She sees the face of Karleto, her gypsy lover, the man who, many years ago, turned her innocent young body into that of a woman. Now that Jillianna has, once more, found the man whose very touch never failed to leave her body weak and hungry for more, she is determined to make him her own. Unaware that in a past life his soul once lived in the body of Jillianna’s gypsy lover, Jack Olivier’ is already deeply in love and happily married to another. Jillianna Romanetti is not about to let a mere mortal stand between her and the man she loves.
A powerful vendetta is brought forth against the people of Saint Anthony Parish, Louisiana. Detectives Donavan Hays and Jack Olivier’ find themselves pitted against an evil that has walked this plane for over two centuries and who has now taken up residency in the Hindel Mansion. Evil doesn’t forget: Especially when that evil comes in the form of a werewolf.
Young people have been disappearing from their homes in Saint Anthony Parish, Louisiana, for years. However, now that both Jonathan and Rafael are dead and thrown into hell, there should be no more danger. Except, Lawrence Hindel is not about to forget it was Detectives Hays and Olivier' who helped make this happen. Now the only focus on Lawrence Hindel's mind is the young son of Jack Olivier' whose fault it is that Jonathan has not been reborn back onto this plane. Evil will always find a way to extract payment for what it believes is its just due. Especially when that evil lives in the body of a Rougarou. “A Chilling passage into the nether world for readers who explore the dark side of myth.”—Ann Rule, Author of Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Don't Look Behind You.
Jonathan Hindel has a dark secret. Although his beautiful Angelia has been dead for centuries, his love for her has never died. With the help of a voodoo priestess, young girls in the bayous are brought forth to house Angelia's spirit, thus allowing Jonathan to still take to his bed the woman he loves. Jonathan Hindel has another dark secret. Will the town be able to survive it?
The FBI send their newest agent, Wade Dalton, to interview a girl who turned up missing from Metairie. But when someone murders the girl in the room with Wade, everything in Evergreen changes. Wade teams with the petite acting sheriff, Sam Cates, to investigate. Strange events take place in the small community, and Sam's father disappears. Things take a turn from bad to worse, and the team finds out that they're fighting an ominous foe with unimaginable resources. Soon, the frightening truth behind the murder is revealed... and it's something neither could have expected.
From USA Today bestselling authors Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens comes a ho-ho-hilarious Mystic Isle Mystery... 'Tis the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. The festive mood runs deeper than just the tinsel, mistletoe, and twinkling lights, as the milk of human kindness is flowing with gift giving, good cheer, and donations. But when Papa Noël turns up as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and all the bounty from a recent charity drive is stolen, Melanie turns to Jack Stockton, the resort's handsome general manager, to help her find the killer and get it all back. Who wanted Papa Noël dead and why? Was it the bag of loot they were after, and Papa just got in the way? Or was it a more personal attack on the jolly man in the red suit? Not only does Mel find herself in a fight to prove one of her co-workers innocent, but she's also in a race against a ticking clock to save the life of a sick child. Before long, she closes in on the killer—or maybe it's the killer closing in on Mel! Mystic Isle Mysteries: Mystic Mayhem (book #1) Mystic Mojo (shorts story in the Killer Beach Reads collection) Mystic Mistletoe Murder (book #2) Mystic Mischief (book #3) Mystic Deception (book #4) What critics are saying about Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens: "Charming, cunning and clever, MYSTIC MAYHEM is a smartly paced murder mystery." —Romance Junkies "Sally J. Smith and Jean Steffens bring the beauty of the bayou alive with this cozy murder mystery. If you like flirting and fun with your dose of fear this is a must-read." —Night Owl Reviews
