Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear of repr...
“You done lived a tough life, boy, and I know I’m part responsible for that. I ain’t askin’ you to excuse me or forgive me. Just know I did the best I knew to do. I was just tryin’ to make you tough enough to deal with the world. To stand tall among men, I knew you had to be strong and have yo’ o...
I wasn’t looking forward to the summer half-term that year. Not with the secrets flying around in our house, still freezing me out – still no one had talked to me about Shirley and the boy. Not with Crinky’s death hanging over me, too. Not being treated as suspicious, Chrissie had said. But she...