Secrets of Bellefleur

by Virginia Nielsen

The sultry darkness of bayou nights can no longer hide secrets, sin, and scandal (. In the South before the Civil War, it is an unspoken rule: slave owners can bed their female slaves, and their wives must look the other way. Uneasy in this society, the lovely Simone is a maverick: unmarried at twenty five, she is increasingly troubled by the hidden intermingling of the races, even at Bellefleur, her family's plantation. And then Simone falls passionately...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345381149
• ISBN13: 9780345381149
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

GREAT HISTORICAL ROMANCE!!

In the South before the Civil War, slave owners often bed their female slaves, and their wives look the other way. However, the heroine of this book, Simone is very troubled by this hidden practice. Then Simone falls in love with Ariste the master of a nearby plantation but their love is hampered by Simone's involvement in the Underground Railroad and her growing fears that Ariste is just another slave owner who abuses his slaves. Will their love win out? Of course, but not before the beloved main characters go through many ups and downs. SECRETS OF BELLEFLEUR brings life to Louisiana in 1857 and is a really hot historical romance!! Read it, you will not be disappointed!!