Böcker av Anne Marie St Clair

Belinda Collins has been wanting more in her life, and she has been trying to find it, with no success.Gilbert Chauvin VI dreamed of moving to and living in Louisiana all his life, now that he has finally arrived, why does life feel so empty? Perhaps translating his ancestor, Mathilde Veron Chauvin's journals spanning from the eighteen thirties to the nineteen twenties will provide some answers to how to fill his life.Welcome back to Bayou Beni! Can Bee and Gil find happiness? Do some of the answers to present day happiness lie in the lessons of the past?

Vivianne deBouchet is a woman who lives her Catholic faith. When her husband, Jean-Luc, comes into possession of a Terrebonne Parish sugar plantation in the 1850's, Vivianne and Jean-Luc's faith propel them to create the community of Belle Terre. Join Vivianne and Jean-Luc, and Pascal and Mathilde Chauvin as they move their families to the plantation Teach Abhainn. Meet the slaves who will become free people of color. Meet Seamus and Eileen O'Malley the former owners of Teach Abhainn, and meet Henri and Haloka Allard, an Acadian fur trapper and his wife.Celebrate with the residents of Belle Terre as a slave operated plantation becomes a community of God's children, equal in the eyes of God and each other.

Lily Poche buried her dreams of a husband and family when her husband, Winston Poche was killed in World War II. Ernie Dooley believed that God intended for Lily to be his wife. With a little help from some of God's special messengers, Ernie is hoping to become Lily's dream come true.