The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell - A Novel

Belle Cantrell felt guilty about killing her husband and she hated that. Feeling guilty, that is. A lady shouldn''t do something she''s going to feel guilty about later was a rule Belle kept firmly in mind. Welcome to the world of beautiful, irrepressible Belle Cantrell, years before she becomes grandmother to Sissy LeBlanc of Loraine Despres'' bestselling The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc . It is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote -- and in the little town of Gentry, Louisiana, narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragists, Belle Cantrell knows her behavior broke the rules. But sometimes -- most of the time -- she has to twist the rules a little, because they all say the same thing: "Don''t." A sexy, sassy story of murder, adultery, romance, bigotry, and regular church attendance, with laugh-out-loud humor and a cast of zany, endearing characters you won''t forget, The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell is a big comic love story . . . and much more.

About the author

Loraine Despres is the author of the bestselling novel The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc and its tie-in title, The Southern Belle's Handbook. Raised in Amite, Louisiana, Despres is a former television writer and international screenwriting consultant. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and continues to enjoy bad behavior.

Report

"Best Prequel of 2005" New Orleans Times-Picayune

Product details

• Authors: Loraine Despres
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2006
• EAN: 9780060515263
• ISBN: 978-0-06-051526-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Medieval, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Southern, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century