Juliet returns to New Orleans after her years as an actress in California, thinking that her mother is about to die and that she will inherit the family mansion. But discovering that she's been tricked, this most fatale of femmes once more sets out to seduce the damaged Sonny, who still can't resist her 15 years after she crushed his heart.

When journalist Jack Charbonnet meets Rhys Goudeau, a beautiful art restorer, he is soon caught up in intrigue more fascinating than any news story. She is determined to find a lost painting by the great, controversial Southern artist Levette Asmore, who killed himself soon after being forced to whitewash a scandalous masterpiece. As they try to keep ahead of unscrupulous collectors who are on the same trail, Jack and Rhys are drawn ever more deeply into the racially troubled history of pre-WWII New Orleans, and into the secret histories of friends and family.
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In It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium, author John Ed Bradley retraces his glory days as an LSU football player, seeking understanding from his former teammates he had long forsaken but never forgotten.