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"What's happening to me?" Julien questions his uncle. Uncle Frank knows, but he isn't telling. Julien's visions are becoming more real than his waking reality, and the secret of his visions are locked away in his ancient uncle's tales. But will he survive them long enough to find out what's really going on? Visiting with Uncle Frank is always a good time; he has character, age, and wisdom... plus lots of good stories Inside his mind are chapters and chapters of family history... those of the Kacey Clan and the Indian tribe, plus new members - both blood related and not. The post-Civil War...

It's almost the end of summer, and seventeen-year-old Julien is seated around the campfire with his sister and six cousins, waiting for Uncle Frank to begin his story. He's the best storyteller in Louisiana, and tonight he's got something really good-the story of the Alligator King. But first, he has to go back even further and tell another story-that of Eagle Hawk, who became a man and set off to follow his vision, where soon he meets a beautiful Irish girl and falls in love. "But what does this have to do with the Alligator King?" they all want to know. And Uncle Frank just puffs on his...

It was a tiny scrap of paper, in my grandmother's handwriting, faded and yellow-with answers to my past written all over it. "Why?" I asked. Why would she save this? "We thought you might want to find her one day... she sent a message to you... she said to tell you that she loves you very much, and she didn't want to leave you. She knitted a little outfit for you... did you ever get it?" Growing up with the broiling heat and frequently unpredictable subtropical weather of Louisiana was the easy part; not knowing who she was or where she came from was the hard part. Relinquished at birth,...

"Welcome Home, Baby Girl " When we met, Uncle Larry had huge alligator tears in his eyes and long lanky arms that he wrapped around me tightly. He choked a bit when he said to me, "We've waited a long time for this day, but you've finally made it back home You've come back to us " Home? Home... Yes, it took me a long time, but I finally made it back home. Most people don't get second chances, but Kim did. After finding her birth family and answers she'd longed to hear, the journey to healing began. Through many tearful conversations with her lost family, she learned much. But nothing could...

Book 5 in the: Legends of the Swamps: series. Handed over to neighbors during the American Civil War for safekeeping, Lizzie finds herself in a worse situation than she could have imagined or feared. She makes her way farther south, to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she becomes the owner of the most successful nighttime establishment, La Trouvialle. By day she is mother to her younger sister, but by night she is the owner and operator of La Trouvialle. The separation of her two lives is beginning to take its toll on her spirit, mind and body. The war between the states took her whole family,...

Book Three in the: Legends of the Swamps: series. "Danny?" She stood and walked to him, not believing her eyes - not really. "Yes, Angel - Harvest Wind, it's me." "What are you doing here?" she asked. "I came to see your father." No one knew what he was doing in the village, until he made his presence known by standing firm and waiting. Patiently, but not idly, his time was spent learning. In one moment of hurry, Daniel Kacey's life was changed. He'd injured himself and been rescued - by his future bride; at least, that's what he'd been telling himself. But was she really the one? Uncle Frank...

Book 4 in the: Legends of the Swamps: series. -'De pat'way to true healin' ain't always 'de easy one; in fact, sometime... sometimes, it's 'de hardest one of all. But for a body to have 'dat healin', it's necessary to travel 'dat pat'.- Uncle Frank never spoke these exact words to Julien - or the others - but his implications were all too clear. The Alligator King - and Julien's search for him - was elusive, at best. But Julien felt that if he didn't continue his quest, his hunt for this being, then his own spiritual healing would never come. And he was right - Uncle Frank knew it as much as...

The man in the hooded cloak ran into the bayou, and the Preacher followed. It didn't matter that the hooded man had friends in low places; friends that might want retaliation; he followed anyway. Three young women with three different paths softly step into each other's lives; one to be a wife; one to be a huntress; and one to be a Healer Woman. He didn't care if he was chosen; he was sick of the visions. He didn't want any more of the dreams, or nightmares, or whatever they were called. He only wanted answers now. Uncle Frank is still weaving yarn by firelight... those who gather will have...