Cajun Persuasion


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A woman planning to become a nun is swept into a rescue mission—and hot affair—with a sexy pilot in this romantic comedy from a New York Times bestseller. Alaskan pilot Aaron LeDeux came to Louisiana with his brother to discover his Cajun roots. But any hopes he had of returning home are extinguished when he agrees to help a crew of street monks and nuns rescue sex-trafficked girls. For the work has become his new calling. Plus, he’s in love with a gorgeous almost-nun named Fleur . . . With her harrowing past, Fleur Gaudet only feels safe at the nunnery. But when she’s ordered out into the real world to decide where she truly belongs, Fleur goes to live with the notorious Tante Lulu, matriarch of the LeDeux clan. Suddenly, she’s leading a regular life, thinking irregular thoughts about Aaron. With his whiskey-colored eyes and fierce bravery, Aaron is like her own personal Cajun cowboy, re-introducing her to . . . everything. As the dangerous missions bring them closer, Fleur must decide if her heart is truly on the path she’s been following, or if she’ll have a new future with the man of her heart.




Lulu's Recipe for Cajun Sass


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Louise Rivard, long before she became known as the beloved Tante Lulu, is a young Cajun woman still suffering from her Big Grief, the death of her fiancé Phillipe Prudhomme during World War II. She has a career as a traiteur or folk healer, a young child to care for, and a wacky devotion to her favorite saint, Jude, patron of hopeless cases, but she is lonely. What she needs to jumpstart her life is a good dose of Cajun Sass. Justin Boudreaux is a young doctor about to embark on what will end up being a world-famous career as a heart surgeon, but he is home on the bayou for the summer. What he doesn’t need to complicate his life is a sassy Cajun girl with an attitude and some crazy ass medical recipes including such things as gator snot. But then, despite his Yankee education, Justin discovers that he still has that god-given talent all bayou-born men have…Cajun Brass. When Cajun Sass meets Cajun Brass, the good times can’t help but roll. Laissez le bon temps rouler, guar-an-teed!




The Cajun Doctor


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Tante Lulu looms large when twin brothers leave Alaska to discover their Cajun roots—from theNew York Times–bestselling author of Snow on the Bayou. Dr. Daniel LeDeux and pilot Aaron LeDeux travel to the swampy bayous of Louisiana, where they discover a long-lost family. The usually stoic Daniel, a burned-out pediatric oncologist, is especially startled by the interfering LeDeux matriarch, Tante Lulu, bless her crazy heart, who wastes no time in setting him up with local rich girl Samantha Starr. Scarred by a nasty divorce from a philandering New Orleans physician, Samantha has sworn off men, especially doctors. When Samantha’s step-brother gets into serious trouble, she must ask Daniel for help. But Samantha faces even more trouble when the handsome doctor casts his smoldering Cajun eyes her way. The steamy heat of the bayou, along with the wacky matchmaking efforts of Tante Lulu, a herd of animal rescue rejects, including a depressed pot belly pig, and some world-class sexual fantasies create enough heat and humor to make both Daniel and Samantha realize that love and laughter can mend even the most broken heart. “Sandra Hill will have readers laughing—and crying!—through the bayous of her latest Cajun novel. Thanks to her witty metaphor-galore dialogue, eclectic characters and massive pet menagerie, she’ll have her audience craving sweet tea and a trip to the south in no time.” —RT Book Reviews “More colourful and outrageous than a Mardi Gras parade!” —Fresh Fiction




The Love Potion


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First in the Cajun series. “The very talented Sandra Hill adds to her already impressive list of reading gems with this delightfully funny and sexy tale.” —Romantic Times A love potion in a jelly bean? Fame and fortune are surely only a swallow away when Dr. Sylvie Fontaine discovers a chemical formula guaranteed to attract the opposite sex. Though her own love life is purely hypothetical, the shy chemist’s professional future is assured . . . as soon as she can find a human guinea pig. The only problem is the wrong man has swallowed Sylvie’s love potion. Bad boy Lucien LeDeux is more than she can handle even before he’s dosed with the Jelly Bean Fix. The wildly virile lawyer is the last person she’d choose to subject to the scientific method. When the dust settles, Sylvie and Luc have the answers to some burning questions: Can a man die of testosterone overload? Can a straightlaced female lose every single one of her inhibitions? And they learn that old-fashioned romance is still the best catalyst for love. “Sandra Hill always tells a delightfully humorous story with a unique twist . . . Readers will chuckle as they get caught up in the romantic sparring and all the madcap adventures . . . The Love Potion is definitely a read-again book, just to make sure you didn’t miss anything. It’s a hoot!” —Bookbug on the Web “Combines the steamy Cajun atmosphere of The Big Easy with the humor of a screwball comedy . . . a terrific read.” —The Romance Reader “[A] hilarious, fun-loving, steamy, breathtaking tale of passion.” —Bell, Book and Candle




Tall, Dark, and Cajun


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Hot, Bothered, and In Over Her Head! After finally dumping her no-good fiancé, decorator Rachel Fortier hightails it out of D.C. straight for Cajun country. But her grandma's Louisiana bayou cabin on stilts isn't quite the grand estate she imagined. Throw in a pet alligator named Useless and Remy LeDeux, the smoldering-eyed pilot angling for her family's property, and Rachel's in for a passel of trouble-especially since their chemistry is hotter than the Atchafalaya Swamp in July. With his Tante Lulu itching to marry him off and Rachel's rifle-toting grandma ready to shoot Remy the second he sets foot on her land, the sexiest bad boy this side of the Mason-Dixon Line will need a special kind of voodoo to convince Rachel she was born for the bayou. Cajun Series:Tall, Dark, and CajunThe Cajun CowboyThe Red-Hot Cajun




When Lulu was Hot


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A Cajun Series Prequel Novella TANTE LULU HAS A PAST: No one knows how old Louise Rivard, the notorious Cajun folk healer/matchmaker, really is. Nor do they know what happened to make her the way she is today, bless her bleeding heart. How did she get the name of Tante or Aunt, when she’s no aunt to any of the LeDeux clan? And what is this secret she’s hidden for more than fifty years? Only one thing’s for certain—she has a finger in every bayou pot. ​​​​​​​PHILLIPE PRUDHOMME WAS A NAVY SEAL, before they even had a name for the webfoot warriors of World War II. One look at pin-up worthy Louise Rivard in the New Orleans USO, and he is a goner, struck for a loop by the legendary Prudhomme Whammy. He loves his Cajun girl with a passion only a Cajun man can understand. When this damn war is over, he and Louise will settle on the bayou, where he will be a family doctor and Louise will practice the folk healing skills passed down through the women of her family. Or is it a hopeless dream?




Wild Jinx


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WHEN OPPOSITES ATTRACT… John LeDeux is the wildest guy on Louisiana bayou. Even his infamous aunt, Tante Lulu, agrees. But now he’s a respected police detective who must fall back on his wilder days to investigate a crime syndicate's control of a Baton Rouge sex club. However, the last thing John expects is some nosy reporter screwing up his bust by dressing like a high-class Bourbon Street hooker and then writing an article calling him the “Sex Cop.” SPARKS WILL FLY… Single parent Celine Arseneux is raising a five-year-old son and proud of her award-winning work as a journalist. What she doesn’t need is a full-of-himself, sex-on-the-hoof Cajun bad boy distracting her from what could be the scoop of the century. Besides, if he gets too close, he might uncover her secret. BUT A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE SWAMP… Forced to hide out until the sex club case goes to trial, John distracts himself with a treasure-hunting company, looking for buried pirate gold. Of course, who else should be assigned to do a feature story on treasure hunting than his not-so-favorite journalist, Celine? Adding to the steamy heat and gators and snakes big as telephone poles, there's the matchmaking Tante Lulu, an ex-Amish Navy SEAL, a professional poker-playing nun, a Cuban professor, and a female NASCAR mechanic. What can a guy and gal do but laugh and surrender to the magic of a destined love?




Pink Jinx


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Second chances at love make a great story, but when a couple has been married and divorced five times, what are the odds for success? Find out in Pink Jinx, the first book in Sandra Hill's Jinx treasure hunting trilogy. Starring Veronica Jinkowsky, a strait-laced Boston lawyer, and Jake Jensen, a professional poker player, Pink Jinx provides an outstanding cast of colorful characters, all trapped about a salvage boat on the open seas: Veronica's grandfather Frank Jinkowsky, whose Polish heritage is apparent in his insistence on constantly playing polka music and his matchmaking efforts, his partner Flossie, who used to be a Las Vegas showgirl, cook Brenda Caslow, an ex-NASCAR mechanic who is on a sauerkraut diet, divers Adam Famosa, a Cuban college professor, and Caleb Peachy, an ex-Amish Navy SEAL, and the beloved Tante Lulu of Sandra's Cajun series. Veronica and Jake are determined not to make mistake number six as they work to find the lost cache of pink diamonds, but will they find that the greatest treasure of all was with them all along?




Bayou Angel


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ANGEL ON A HARLEY: Angel Sabato tries to live up to his name as he seeks to win the love of his life, but it’s hard being good with his past as a bad boy biker, treasure hunter, and Playgirl centerfold. Against the sensual bayou setting of Southern Louisiana as a backdrop, Angel sets out on a plan of sizzling seduction. EX-NUN ON A MISSION: This angel is going to have his feathers clipped if Grace O’Brien has her way. The ex-poker-playing nun and folk healer isn’t buying this Jersey boy’s declaration of love. Friendship, yes. Sex, maybe. Love, no way! Besides, she has a secret that precludes any relationships. But how does she resist the reformed rogue? A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN: With the notorious Tante Lulu, the bayou busybody, calling the shots, Angel and Grace don’t stand a chance. They soon find themselves in the midst of a plot to rescue a group of hurricane orphans while a mysterious person from Grace’s past shows up. Will Angel and Grace be able to weather the storm? ​​​​​​​With Sandra Hill’s trademark humor, this is a book that will make the reader laugh, as well as cry. (Originally published as So Into You)




Behind Eclaire's Doors


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Welcome to Eclaire, the salon that's making waves among New Orleans high society for its illustrious clientele, who can't live without hair a la Claire. But Claire is about to become famous for more than haute coiffure. Her troubles begin when she discovers that her Parisian manicurist, Angie Labiche, is doing more than nails in Claire's Garden-District salon. Then she finds Angie there in the middle of the night and Claire's ex-husband (and now new fiance) Dan, standing over Angie's very dead body. Claire must untangle a twisted web involving family secrets, blackmail, and a counterfeiting scheme in order to find the real killer, clear Dan, and keep from becoming the next victim. Once you turn the last page, you'll want to make an appointment yourself to visit Eclaire in the next novel of Sophie Dunbar's fresh new series.