Bayou Stories

She's trained to be a weapon. He's about to teach her how to live. When CIA operative Ava Reynolds arrives in New Orleans, she expects routine work. Instead, a brutal murder and a missing husband drag her into the deadly shadows of the Louisiana bayou - and into the path of a secretive cult known as Meridian. Ava has survived indoctrination, manipulation, and violence. Trust was forbidden. Emotion was a liability. But when she crosses paths with forensic specialist Theo Archer, something she's never allowed herself begins to surface: connection. As Meridian's grip tightens and the body count rises, Ava must confront who she is without the handlers who shaped her - and decide if letting one man in is more dangerous than facing the cult alone. In the bayou, the wrong trust can be deadlier than any weapon. Book 1 of the Archer Brothers series - can be read as a standalone.

Sloane Moore restores ghosts for a living, peeling back layers of grime to find the truth. But she should have left the LaMonté family buried. What starts as a Manhattan romance leads her straight into the humid shadows of a Louisiana plantation, where the hospitality is as stifling as the heat. In a house where the walls hold their breath, Sloane realizes she wasn't just invited to a party. She was hand-picked for a legacy, and the LaMontés never let a masterpiece go. Bless Your Heart is a modern Southern Gothic where the quiet luxury of ancestral wealth masks a century of rot. It explores the suffocating weight of tradition and the razor-thin line between being cherished and being possessed. Atmospheric and unsettling, it's a story about the ways the past reaches out to claim the present, and the terrifying realization that some things can only be restored by fire. #1 in Louisiana- April 2026

Twelve years in the Bayou taught Carrie Newman that silence is the only thing that keeps you alive. In Alexandria, she'll learn that love is the only thing worth living for. Carrie Newman is a phantom of the Louisiana swamps, a mother who has turned her grief into a blade to protect her two children. She doesn't trust walls, and she certainly doesn't trust people. But when she crosses paths with Daryl Dixon-a man who carries his own scars like a map of the end of the world-she is offered a choice: keep running through the dark, or fight for a place in the light. As a new, predatory threat scouts the gates of Alexandria, Carrie and Daryl must forge an alliance that transcends survival. From the humid marshes of the South to the jagged ridges of Virginia, Two Wolves, One Pack is a story of trauma, resilience, and the fierce, unbreakable bonds of a family found in the ruins. The "Bayou Queen" has found her clearing. Now, she just has to keep it.

In Loreley Bayou, nothing stays buried. The town feeds on whispers, secrets travel faster than the water, and everyone is always watching. When nine-year-old Kennedy Hart arrives at a crumbling trailer park on the edge of the swamp, she expects more of the same-silence, survival, and learning how to be forgotten. But then she meets Fulvia Goode, a quiet girl with knowing eyes and a strange calm that feels like something Kennedy has been missing all along. What begins as a childhood friendship-muddy feet, late summer laughter, and shared secrets beneath the cypress trees-becomes something deeper. Hidden. Binding. Under the watchful eye of Fulvia's grandmother, Grams, the girls grow side by side in the shadows of a small Louisiana town that never truly minds its own business. Then one night, they reach for magic they barely understand. They don't talk about what happened after. They don't tell anyone what they felt. But they never forget it. Because as the years pass, something between them begins to change-quiet at first, then sharper, heavier, impossible to ignore. The bond they created doesn't fade. It grows. And whatever they set in motion that night is still there... waiting.

Allie was forced to move all the way from Chicago to Louisiana, leaving behind everything Allie had ever known. Miserable, Allie hadn't really tried to befriend any of the southerners until one day Annabelle Dixon was kind enough to invite her over for a sleepover. Alone in an old house, Allie and Annabelle face the untold horrors of the bayou together.

When Nadia Freeman left Bayou, Louisiana, she had no plans of returning. When her Grandma Hazel fell ill, or so Nadia thought, she packed her bags and headed home. She expected to take care of her grandmother and hop on the first plane out of there. What she didn't expect was to discover secrets she wish she'd never known.

In the haunting Louisiana bayou, a mystical mermaid, born from a tragic past, guards a shimmering lake. When a kind family settles nearby, her choice between vengeance and redemption weaves a tale of mystery and hope beneath the cypress shadows.

Esme a seventeen-year-old wolf who has most of her life been closed off. Lost and confused in the bayou she wondered thinking to herself. In the bayou a man named Lucas who was about eighteen found her wandering. He smiled at Esme and took off. Esme took a deep breath and tilted her head curiously to who he was. Could he be the one to free her of herself?

Betty Miles is a strong willed lover of nature and a greater lover of music. She longs to be a singer, but in her small town...people aren't allowed to have those dreams. Her mother insists she marries the Pastor's son, but she questions, why can't she live her own life. In her small town of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana there are tons of secrets, where does Betty find her truth? Where will her path lead? This is a short story...not a full novel.

After his actress mother's death Eric Prince moves from Los Angeles to New Orleans with his still-grieving father who's accepted a job as the digital director for a major network. Forced to process his own feelings alone, he finds no solace in any of his new surroundings at his prestigious private school nor his pretentious classmates. Months in, he's made a friend in hip outsider Sheldyn Greeneway, daughter of the mogul that owns the media company Eric's dad now works for. Shortly after settling into his new home Eric begins having vivid, unsettling dreams featuring the same sad but beautiful girl. Thinking nothing of the dreams, Eric starts sketching the face of the girl he's seeing into his beloved, strictly-guarded notebook. When Sheldyn accidentally stumbles across his sketches she's both impressed by his skill and talent, and shocked that he'd drawn in exquisite detail a student who'd gone missing from their school years before. A girl he'd never met in his life. Was this missing girl visiting Eric nearly every night because she was trying to tell him something? If so, what? Sheldyn is determined to help him find out.

Sassy's name may have changed to Lady Mina Sobek, but she is still determined to rescue her mother from the Gaunt Man's menagerie of horrors. Thrown into ever-deepening social waters, she must wade through the intrigues between the other shapeshifting clans in Lusian City. Her family, the gators, have other plans which will haul them from the bayou backwaters and into the light. Seeing Jack of Hilltop tugs at the few dreams she wove for herself and Mina must choose to confess her love or let him go, both options may get him killed. Joss, the charismatic Lord of the Ophidian clan, offers guidance, magical knowledge, and other secrets he keeps for himself. He might be a better match, but it's up to Lady Mina to discover if he is a better man. Freeing her mother hinges on the elusive Lady Melusine, the only person who understands the Menageries and the identity of The Gaunt Man. The high-society debutant has no interest in putting her own skin on the line unless Lady Mina talks fast enough.

Alastor never expected a funeral-much less one crafted with lantern-light, foxfire, and the hands of someone who refused to let him fade. In the heart of a haunted bayou he once called home, Ryn builds a shrine not to mourn him, but to honor the life he had...and the one he still struggles to believe he deserves. With Lucifer at her side, and the swamp itself holding its breath, Alastor is forced to face the truth he's spent a century avoiding: He is loved. He is seen. And in this place where the green light glowed, he is finally-finally-home. A one-shot born from an AU of an AU, complete with a custom song woven through the ritual.

When Tess returns to the Louisiana bayou to settle her missing cousin's affairs, she expects decay, regret, and ghosts of the past. She doesn't expect the swamp to be silent. No frogs. No birds. No bugs. Just still water - and something moving beneath it. As she reconnects with a skeptical bait shop owner and an old family friend, Tess begins uncovering pieces of a mystery Jonah may have died trying to solve. Local legends speak of "Old Maw," a creature too ancient for science, too real for folklore. One by one, the bayou's secrets rise to the surface - and Tess finds herself in a fight for survival against something primal, cunning, and utterly unforgiving.

Set against the evocative backdrop of 1960s Louisiana bayou life, Gessika is the story of a fiercely independent young woman navigating the clash between tradition and her desire for freedom. Gessika Mozelle Batiste is no ordinary girl-she's bold, outspoken, and unafraid to challenge the expectations placed on women in her conservative community. Her individuality often puts her at odds with her father, Arnold, a controlling patriarch who demands submission from the women in his household, and her extended family, who view her rebellious nature as a threat to their way of life. While Gessika struggles to find her place in a world that insists on conformity, she serves as a role model and protector for her younger sisters, Ciara and Eve, who dream of following in her footsteps. Amid the family tensions, she finds solace in Deston Ray, a kind-hearted and supportive young man who understands her need for independence and treats her as an equal. Gessika is a richly layered tale of strength, resilience, and the courage to break generational cycles. With its vivid setting, complex characters, and themes of love, loyalty, and self-discovery, the story captures the heartache and triumph of a woman determined to live life on her own terms, no matter the cost.

It's the year 1995 but he's been trapped here for much longer

Erik Davidson was Hayley's high school crush. He never gave Hayley a chance, because he was too dangerous for her. He was too scared to scare away a pretty girl. Hayley did indeed make Erik's heart beat. "never thought I would fall in love with you." "neither did I..." THE ORIGINALS SEASONS 2 & 3

A female wolf in hiding after her pack is massacred by a cursed pack. Over a decade later, she's finally found a peaceful life in the states... In the bayou.. She lives in a cabin in the woods alone... The only people she talks to are the guys who work for her at the auto shop she owns on the outskirts of town. All human of course... or so she think 🤔 She knows she can never be found by another wolf.... It may just cost her, her life!

Hungry and Cold, Jack's looking for the Jackpot he hopes will take him far away. Desperately trying to survive. In this world, morbid curiosity can bring you nightmares. Its just after midnight when a search for food is interrupted. His nightmares start to come true..