In the Sultry Louisiana heat, A Family Dynasty of Law and Order is Shattered by a Mysterious Crime of Passion Toni Delacroix was a lady who could sing the blues, but she was planning to put her career on hold in favor of motherhood. Then, suddenly, her baby lust had to take a back seat to thwarting a blackmail attempt on her lawyer brother. Brody Wagner was sharp, tough and easy on the eyes - the perfect candidate to father her child. Added bonus: it seemed he knew a thing or two about maneuvering around threatened blackmail. Two major roadblocks, though. One, he was a lawyer. Two he considered her ideas about single parenting criminally irresponsible.