Chance: The Wild Ones by Jessie Cooke

A baby born out of violence. A child, gone without a trace, a brother and sister at odds…these are the obstacles that Chauncey “Chance” Le Blanc, the good-looking, charismatic new Sergeant at Arms of the New Orleans Jokers will be forced to navigate as he tries to move forward with his life, and leave the traumas of his childhood behind.

But the past never dies and a man who can’t let go of it and forgive himself can get as stuck as the roots of the cypress trees that grow in the swamps of Louisiana. Chance hadn’t even realized he was stuck until he had to come face to face with the possibility of losing a child he didn’t know he wanted, the ghost of the brother he thought he’d never see again, and the anger of a sister who he couldn’t protect.

Chance Le Blanc will have to put the brakes on the future he thought that he wanted and make a U-turn into a past he never wanted to return to. The only question now is, once he goes back, will it be possible to forgive himself for his mistakes, turn back in the right direction, and finally live the life of the man that he so desperately wants to become?