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Book covers in the Bayou Beni series

Bayou Beni Series

Imagine a small town in Southeast Louisiana, a town called Bayou Beni, Blessed Bayou.  Imagine a community in this small town who work together to solve the community's problems.  A place where room is always made at the table for one more, and love is the answer people seek.  Pick up one of the Bayou Beni series and visit.  I bet you will never want to leave.

Imagine a trio of five year old girls determined to see everyone as happy as their mommy and daddy (Rosadel and Clancy) and their Grandma Harriet and Grandpa George. These are the Marshall triplets; Lou, Rosie, and Grace. Imagine a town in Southeast Louisiana, where the community is strong, and life revolves around family, friends and faith. This is Bayou Beni. Come sit a spell and visit as life in Bayou Beni gets more interesting with the arrival of Jessie Tate. Will the triplets succeed in making a match for Jessie?

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The Marshall triplets have livened things up again. They found a box on the Holy Redeemer playground with a momma cat and six kittens. They decided to put the cat and kittens in the nativity scene. It wasn't their best idea. Come on back to Bayou Beni as Rosadel and Clancy struggle to teach the girls impulse control, and the girls embark on their next matchmaking adventure. Cassidy Bourgeois is relieved to have a foster family for an abandoned cat and her kittens, but will she get more than she bargained for interacting with the Marshall clan?

Belinda Collins has been wanting more in her life, and she has been trying to find it, with no success. Gilbert Chauvin VI dreamed of moving to and living in Louisiana all his life, now that he has finally arrived, why does life feel so empty? Perhaps translating his ancestor, Mathilde Veron Chauvin’s journals spanning from the eighteen thirties to the nineteen twenties will provide some answers to how to fill his life. Welcome back to Bayou Beni! Can Bee and Gil find happiness? Do some of the answers to present day happiness lie in the lessons of the past?

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Bethany Williams was happy with her move to Bayou Beni, and so was her daughter, Michelle. Years after being widowed, Bethany felt like she was ready to love again.

Unfortunately, Bethany's mother, Beverly, and mother-in-law, Billie, were angry about her move, and thought Bethany should remain faithful to her deceased husband, Derek.

Can Bayou Beni work its magic on Beverly and Billie? Can Bethany find love again? And mend fences with her mother and mother-in-law? isa Nichols knows her life has to change, but never expects that she will have to go into hiding to protect herself and her son Bobby from drug dealing criminals. The community of Bayou Beni is left to wonder where Lisa and Bobby are when they disappear, and Lisa's husband Glen is arrested. Will Glen do what he needs to do to protect his wife and child? Will Lisa and Bobby return to Bayou Beni? C'mon back to Bayou Beni, catch up with your old friends here, and add your prayers that everything will work out for the best for Lisa and Bobby.

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Lisa Nichols knows her life has to change, but never expects that she will have to go into hiding to protect herself and her son Bobby from drug dealing criminals. The community of Bayou Beni is left to wonder where Lisa and Bobby are when they disappear, and Lisa's husband Glen is arrested. Will Glen do what he needs to do to protect his wife and child? Will Lisa and Bobby return to Bayou Beni? C'mon back to Bayou Beni, catch up with your old friends here, and add your prayers that everything will work out for the best for Lisa and Bobby.

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When Lacey Dalton finds herself homeless, jobless, and pregnant right before Christmas, she turns to the only person she can think of, her deployed boyfriend Kyle’s best friend Steve Trahan.

Thank goodness Steve lives in Bayou Beni, where taking care of each other is just what people do. Christmas is a blessed time everywhere, but nowhere more than in Bayou Beni. Surprising blessings await Lacey as Bayou Beni works its magic.

​Lily Poche buried her dreams of a husband and family when her husband, Winston Poche was killed in World War II. Ernie Dooley believed that God intended for Lily to be his wife. With a little help from some of God's special messengers, Ernie is hoping to become Lily's dream come true.

Ezra Carmichel is devastated by the death of his grandparents, Ernie and Lily Dooley, who had raised him since his parents died in an accident when he was eight years old. When Ezra finds a picture of Lily that reveals a secret from her past, his grief is compounded by anger. Why did Lily keep such a secret? Did she keep that secret from Ernie as well?

Bessie Chauvin is saddened to learn of the death of her cousin Lily, but is distracted from her sadness by the discovery of a book written by her grandmother, Josette. The book tells the life story of Miriam Angelique Simon Allard.

Welcome back to Bayou Beni! Join Ezra and Bessie as they discover stories from the past that help them chart a path to the future.

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