Quake by Maya Alden

The secrets of the bayou dance to the rhythm of jazz!

She was the princess of Bayou Belle, sleeping with me, a bayou rat born on the wrong sides of the sheets.
Gaia Doucet was my first love, the one who had me body and soul…until she accused me of something terrible; and I was sent into cruel exile by her mother. But now, ten years later, I’m back. Her grandfather has left me controlling interest of the Doucet empire and I’m ready to enjoy my revenge. I’ll start with her mother and end with her.
While I made a fortune in New York, she’s slinging drinks at Jazz Sessions, her brothers’ bar in the pulsing heart of the French Quarter. I have achieved all my dreams and she’s a failure.
I’m ready to crush her into the ground even though I want her with the same desperation as I did a decade ago.
But when someone hires a hitman to kill her, it sets off a tumultuous QUAKE that shakes the very foundations of our lives. Hate her, I may, but I won’t be able to live in a world where she’s not there.