"No one in Lily LeGrand's Cajun community is willing to help search for Paul Courville, who is missing in the bayou along with his mean-spirited older brothers, William and Mark. Why should they? Paul's wealthy plantation-owner father has made no secret of his disdain for Cajuns. But Paul has always been kind to Lily, defending her against his brothers' merciless taunts and humiliating pranks--and Lily refuses to turn her back on him when his life...