Blue Bayou (The Callahan Brothers, #1)

The first book JoAnn Ross's Callahan Brothers trilogy, Blue Bayou is a suspenseful, passionate, contemporary romantic adventure. As the story unfolds, Jack Callahan has returned to his childhood home in Blue Bayou, Louisiana. Contrary to popular expectation, this bad boy has made good, using his bitter experiences and shadowy past to fuel his career as a bestselling suspense writer. But there's one part of his past he's not ready to face: Danielle Dupree.

Thirteen years ago, Dani was the perfect daughter of a prominent local judge, a stubborn man whose plans for his only child didn't include her passionate affair with his housekeeper's wild Cajun son. Things have changed since then. The judge is in jail; Jack owns Dani's family plantation. And widowed Dani is coming home with her young son, in the shadow of scandal and on the brink of financial ruin. Fate is giving Jack and Dani a second chance -- if perilous secrets past and present don't put a stop to their future....