Sixteen year old Arelia LaRue lives in New Orleans where the music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are alive and well.A well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, forces her to confront the powers that she has been denying her whole life.Sixteen year old Arelia LaRue lives in New Orleans where the music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are alive and well. Despite her surroundings, all she wants is to help her Grand-mere Bea pay the rent and save up for college.When her best friend Sabrina convinces her to take a well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, owned by the wealthy LaPlante family, Arelia agrees.However, at Darkwood strange things start to happen, and gorgeous Lucus LaPlante insists that he needs her help. Soon, the powers that Arelia has been denying all her life, come out to play and she discovers mysteries about herself that she could have never imagined.

Down in New Orleans, there is a dangerous, deadly and unpredictable war brewing. Arelia LaRue quickly realizes that both the physical and spiritual worlds are at risk along with countless unsuspecting souls. From the chaos, romance and brutality of revolutionary Haiti, Arelia chases after the past only to find that its implications are now fully manifesting in a horrifying manner.In the midst of discovering shocking secrets, experiencing devastating heartache, and fighting spiritual wickedness in high and low places, Arelia must act like a true Queen. She must push her own emotions aside, even if that means giving up the one person whose soul she loves above all else.Arelia's haunting world filled with the beautiful and gruesome will spirit you away...

Down in New Orleans, Arelia LaRue's strange world expands as she goes deep into the heart of the city's mystical fabric and discovers hidden truth that is stranger than fiction.Seeking direction from the mysterious secret societies that have guarded New Orleans for centuries, to the spirits that have caused chaos in Africa, Arelia realizes that the war she is immersed in is much bigger and far more deadly than she had imagined.Her plans for a magnolia scented future with Lucus LaPlante are brought to an abrupt halt as she discovers that fate has vastly different plans for the both of them. Plans that may keep them apart for good. Much to her dismay, Arelia realizes that being a true Queen requires sacrifice even if that means breaking your own heart.Filled with mystery, action, heartache, betrayal and spirit, Arelia's strange and haunting world will spirit you away.

Down in New Orleans, Arelia LaRue ventures further into the world of les mysteries and comes face to face with secrets that threaten to turn her entire world upside down. A tragically painful past is revisited... Secrets are revealed… And enemies are exposed… In the intoxicating world of New Orleans Voodoo/Hoodoo expect the unexpected.

After facing her tragic past and remembering who she really is, Arelia LaRue is back and stronger than ever. However, with great power there also comes even greater responsibility. Arelia faces new challenges as she learns that being a true Voodoo Queen is a full time job. Filled with new spirits, an epic love story that spans over a century, betrayal, heartache, revenge and delicious food, Arelia’s world will spirit you away…

Down in New Orleans, Arelia LaRue's once ordinary life has been transformed into something truly odd.As she ventures further into the word of Les Mysteries she realizes that nothing is ever as simple as it appears.Faced with challenges that threaten her very sanity, Arelia must decide if fighting for what is right is truly worth the risk.In the intoxicating world of New Orleans Hoodoo/Voodoo expect the unexpected!Come along for the ride.This is the third book in the Arelia LaRue Series.It follows Bound and Punished.