Bayou is Pamela Jekel's masterpiece of the deep Southern delta country, hailed as "Best Historic Fiction" by Library Journal, a New York Times bestseller, and a Waldenbooks bestseller. From the Cajun swamp cabins to the great river plantations of the Mississippi and the glittering night spots of Jazz Age New Orleans, Bayou sweeps readers into the mysterious and fascinating Louisiana delta and into the hearts and lives of four indomitable women: Olivia,...

Saga of four generations of proud, strong-willed women set in the Deep South.

Audra Brennan moves north to study and falls in love with a Yankee who is called away to fight in the Civil War.

In the summer of 1853, in Lafayette City, Louisiana, eleven-year-old Elias Abrams loses his mother to yellow fever. Grief-stricken and alone, he becomes embroiled in the street life of New Orleans. After Elias is falsely accused of a crime, and in order to escape arrest, he enlists in the Third Louisiana Regiment, where three thousand other Jews will ultimately fight for the Confederacy. Before long, though, Elias' past catches up with him, and he...

Cajun-born Jock Boucher is a renegade federal judge who takes justice into his own hands. When Bob Palmetto, a scientist who's been hiding from authorities for 20 years, claims that another judge accepted bribes and helped an energy company steal his intellectual property, Jock investigates and verifies the corruption claims. With the help of Detective Fitch of the New Orleans Police Department, seeks justice against the company and its powerful founder...

The weekend she turns thirteen, aspiring clothing designer Teresa "Reesie" Boone is separated from her family by Hurricane Katrina but, during the horrific storm and its aftermath, begins to find strength in herself.