Scarlet Thread

Two long-lost sisters lose their hearts to the same man in 19th-century New Orleans in a novel of the twists and turns of fate from "e;a master storyteller"e; (Romantic Times). In the city of New Orleans, Desiree La Fleur, a dark-haired Creole beauty, arrives with the purpose to help the "e;Sisters of Sin,"e; the fallen women whose lives begin and end on a street in the red-light district known as the Scarlet Thread. But deep inside Desiree, hiding just beneath the veil of purity, is a forbidden desire for a man who doesn't want a wife. Armed with unwavering determination and proud innocence, Desiree will soon find herself in a world as enticing at it is dangerous one that will reunite her with the sister she thought she'd never see again . . .