A disturbing letter from her great-aunts has brought Cheney Duvall to their indigo plantation outside of New Orleans,but what she and Shiloh discover is much more serious and dangerous than they imagined.A West Indies cult has begun preforming their rituals and rites on a high knoll just across the bayou from the plantation,and warnings are sent that La Maison des Chattes Bleues is on "spirit ground"and the aunts must leave.
When the aunts refuse to leave,the cult's priestess announces that she has put a curse on them and their property.Shortly afterward some of the servants and sharecroppers begin to suffer from a mysterious illness,and the new indigo crop seems to fail.
Cheney and Shiloh and the rest of the family and friends must find out why the cult is suddenly so interested in Les Chattes Bleues.But every attempt to protect Cheney's great aunts only leads to increasing hostility from the cult.Soon they are afraid they may be in grave danger.
When Devlin Buchanan suddenly arrives and discovers Cheney's friend Victoria de Lancie is a houseguest at Les Chattes Bleues,unexpected complacations begin.How does Victoria truely feel about the handsome young doctor?Is Devlin finnally prepared to make his choice between her and Cheney? |
