Where the temptation to sin is as overpowering as the heat. Where four generations of the Leblanc dynasty bear the curse of unbridled power over the bodies and souls of the slaves... Where the Leblanc men and women pursue their forbidden lusts in exotic octaroon balls, opulent New Orleans salons and sweltering marshlands... Where Carita Lablanc, the ravishing new plantation mistress, uncovers the secret world of mixed blood and deep-seeded guilt and is driven to an act of unspeakable violence—hurling this once proud family into scandal, ruin and murder.

The Cajun Two Families United in Love and Sin They are the outcasts of Acadia, the aristocrats of Louisiana, building their dynasty on slave labor and burying their scandals in a bayou of mixed blood. The Leblancs - three generations driven to murder and madness, obsessed with forbidden lusts, dark secrets, and their proud bloodline. the Rivards - to the world they are socially prominent planters. Until Riel Rivard discovers the shocking truth. The Leblancs and the Rivards, two families united in sin, divided by destiny and hate, their men and their women swept up by sweltering, impossible love.

TWO DYNASTIES DIVIDED BY THE SAME DARK SECRETS, DESTINED TO BE JOINED BY A SCANDALOUS, ENGULFING LOVE. In sultry Louisiana their plantations adjoin, but not their lives. The Leblancs are white aristocrats in a steamy bayou of mixed blood and failing fortunes—a family driven by deadly jealousy, obsessed with producing a suitable heir. The Rivards are black—a dynasty forged in illicit love, threatened by forbidden lust. With each generation the Leblancs and Rivards bury the shameful secrets that taint their blood—until past and future are engulfed in a love so deep, so searing, it cannot be denied.