Black Magnolia by Lena Black

This isn’t love. It’s business.

I knew this day would come long before my parents informed me of my engagement to Shaw LeBlanc. I was brought up with the knowledge I’m nothing more than a pawn in my father’s game. This wedding is about money and political gain, the exchange of power and sex. Not love or an inability to spend our lives without each other.

During the planning of the wedding, I brainwashed my heart into believing I loved a man I hardly knew. I had to. My father needs Lou LeBlanc’s money. Lou wants my father’s ties in Washington. His son wants me.
Destiny sealed.

I was prepared to sacrifice my freedom and happiness for my family. Then I overheard something I shouldn’t have. Now I’m aimlessly wandering barefoot through the streets of the French Quarter, scared, alone, unsure of tomorrow…
Until I see a sign that’ll change my fate forever.