Xavier's Bayou Temptation

Xavier Xander has decided Bayou Mambaloa no longer holds a future for him.

A former Navy SEAL now serving as a Bayou Brotherhood Protector, he has spent too long watching his teammates settle into love while he stays isolated by grief for lost friends and the wreckage of old relationships.

His plan to walk away collides with the night he saves Lissette Gautier from an attack, despite every warning that she is the last person he should go near.

As the granddaughter of Bayou Mambaloa's Voodoo Queen, Lissette is branded as trouble, known for poor judgment and spells that refuse to behave, and she tells Xavier to forget her because a man that decent should not get tangled in her world.

He postpones leaving anyway, caught by a need to understand the woman he was told to avoid.

When her past appears to make her a target, two opposites must work side by side, even as a fierce attraction blindsides them both.