The Bayou Never Tells

The only thing darker than the waters of the Louisiana bayou are the secrets it holds. I’d know—I’ve buried more than a few myself. She was supposed to be one of them. I was the boy who never had a chance, an orphan recruited by the devil himself, until the family I never knew gave me something to live for.Then my brother brought her home—the rich politician's daughter, a real-life fairytale princess who had no place in our world. We were oil and water, and making her leave became my mission, 'til the little tag-along ended up in my passenger's seat driving cross-country. That's when we discovered a common thread... something that ran soul deep. Something hard to resist.But no one I cared about was safe, and when she left, I made her promise never to come back.Turns out, she lied.Now the devil who claimed my future wants her, as well, and when I’m faced with a choice, who will come out alive? The demons who own me? The family who loves me? Or the girl I wasn't supposed to fall for?Only the bayou knows... And its secrets die here. Read more