Paisley Deveaux left New Orleans with her daughter, her grief, and a heart she swore stayed buried beside the husband who betrayed her. Four years later, Carnival brings her back home to Trem , where gumbo simmers, bounce music spills into the streets, and every familiar corner remembers who she used to be.
Then Gideon Toussaint opens her mama's front door. A widower, engineer, and former Wildman of the Choctaw Rebels, Gideon knows what grief can steal from a person. Paisley's guarded, stubborn, and fine enough to test every bit of his restraint. He's patient, intentional, and bold enough to ask for the one thing she left in a crypt years ago: her heart.
Between Endymion lights, Mardi Gras Indian tradition, family secrets, and a love that moves faster than either of them planned, Paisley and Gideon find something tender, messy, sensual, and healing.
A soulful New Orleans romance about grief, homecoming, second chances, and the song love sings when a woman finally comes back to herself.