"Previously published as Blood and Caskets: Shadows of New Orleans by Henley, Sandee (AUTHOR)." New Content has been added. 1730, France to New Orleans-one cruel betrayal changes everything. Once a noblewoman, Celeste Duvalier is cast from her gilded world and shipped across the sea as one of the filles à la cassette-the legendary "casket girls" destined to wed strangers in the New World. But on the storm-tossed voyage, a shadow awakens in the ship's depths, transforming her into something more dangerous than any bride could be. Now in New Orleans, a city steeped in superstition and ruled by secrets, Celeste must navigate a hidden world of vampires, voodoo, and immortal politics. Haunted by the cousin who betrayed her and hunted by the dark elder who sired her thirst, she is drawn to Jacques Olivier-a mysterious nobleman with a dangerous allure and secrets of his own. Together, they must defy a ruthless coven, master forbidden magic, and confront Lucien-the man from her past who would see her destroyed. But in a city where enemies linger in every shadow, love may be the deadliest danger of all. Blood and Caskets is the seductive first novel in the Shadows of New Orleans series-a sweeping gothic romance where betrayal sparks passion, love defies death, and the hunger for power is written in blood.