Blood and Caskets: Celeste

By April Marie Light

A noblewoman betrayed. A vampire awakened. A love that could burn a city.

France, 1730 - Celeste Duvalier has everything: beauty, privilege, and a promise of marriage that will secure her family's power. Until one cruel betrayal shatters her world and casts her onto a ship bound for the colonies - as one of the infamous casket girls sent to wed strangers in New Orleans.

But beneath the storm-tossed decks, something ancient stirs - and Celeste is reborn in darkness.

In the heart of New Orleans, where secrets drip from every wrought-iron balcony, Celeste must master her new hunger and survive among vampires who rule from the shadows. Haunted by the cousin who condemned her and hunted by the immortal who made her, she finds an unexpected ally in Jacques Olivier - a nobleman whose charm hides dangerous secrets of his own.

Together, they'll navigate a world of forbidden magic, power, and betrayal - and discover that the greatest danger is love itself.

Blood and Caskets is the spellbinding first novel in the Shadows of New Orleans series - a sweeping gothic romance where passion defies death, betrayal breeds desire, and the city's dark heart beats to the rhythm of eternal love.

"Previously published as Blood and Caskets: Shadows of New Orleans by Henley, Sandee (AUTHOR)." New Content has been added.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNRBXN2L
• ISBN13: 9798298738569
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"