The Bayou Won't Give Her Back: 1

Delia March trusts the ground. But in Terrebonne Parish, the ground lies, and the water hides the rest.As a meticulous flood-claims adjuster, Delia knows exactly what a destroyed house looks like. When she arrives in southern Louisiana to assess hurricane damage, she finds federal insurance claims for homes that never existed. Worse, she discovers that her cousin, Nola, vanished without a trace right after uncovering the exact same phantom properties.Her only lead is Remy Boudreaux. Guarded, dangerously competent, and fiercely protective of his isolated bayou, Remy was the last person to see Nola alive. When rising floodwaters strand Delia on Remy's boat, she is forced to rely on the one man she suspects of murder. Remy is harboring a massive secret to protect his family, but Delia's relentless pursuit of the truth threatens to tear down his carefully constructed walls.Trapped together as a corrupt parish establishment closes in, their adversarial suspicion ignites into a slow-burn tension neither can control. To survive the flood and the men willing to kill to protect their empire, Delia and Remy must decide if the deadliest thing in the water is the truth, or what they feel for each other.