Amid the untamed forests and moss-strewn swamps of Louisiana Territory,the daughters of an Acadian exile discover danger...and desire. A PASSIONATE REUNION Strikingly beautiful and stubbornly defiant, Emilie Gallant was used to fighting her own battles. But when she arrived in bayou country hoping to track down her long-lost father, the spirited Acadian found herself struggling to safeguard her own heart. As a child growing up in the Canadian village of Grand Pre, Emilie had worshipped Lorenz Landry. Yet the Lorenz she meets on the banks of the Mississippi is not the boy she knew, but a ruggedly masculine stranger who fills her with longing. Now, as they�re thrown together in treacherous territory, perilous days give way to sultry nights...and to a love that cannot be denied.