Guiding the Heart - E-book - ePub

Celeste Dupont has everything a girl could ever need. Wealth, luxury, a mansion in the French Quarter, and a daddy who would do anything for her. She thinks she knows all there is to know about life, until her father forces her to take a tour of the bayou swamps. Fleur's Heart is a run down airboat, but Celeste's life changes forever on its narrow deck. She sees another side to life, one completely different from the one she lives, and loses her heart to the man guiding her through the Spanish moss. But Bastien Gauthier is not who her parents envision for her future, in fact, Celeste is already promised to a man whose wealth will only add to theirs.
In an act of defiance, Celeste leaves behind her life of comfort to live in the bayou with Bastien, choosing her heart over the wishes of her family. Now disowned, Celeste finds happiness in a rickety shack, finally understanding that money doesn't buy everything. It's all shattered when something devastating comes to light and Bastien's violent outburst lands him in jail. Celeste has to turn to her father, a prominent judge, for help, only to discover the family she left behind has completely changed and she's forced into a new life without Bastien.
Ten years later, they come face-to-face to confront the betrayal and heartache they've endured, but will it change the separate paths of their future?  Can they overcome the lies and deceit to grasp their second chance?