Loraine Despres's Books
Jun.13.2006
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...
Apr.01.2003
Learn how to navigate life with the effortless savior faire of a true daughter of the South with The Southern Belle's Handbook. Sissy LeBlanc's rules to live by will teach you how to hook, hold on to, and handle any man as well as conquer any personal situation with the poise and confidence of a sophisticated southern stunner. And because every woman possesses her own sassy...
Nov.01.2001
It's a steamy June afternoon in Gentry, Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch, musing—half seriously—if she could kill herself with aspirins and Coca-Cola. Her 15-year marriage to PeeWee LeBlanc has certainly been a mistake, she doesn't much like her three kids, and that father-in-law of hers is just too much of a rogue to even think about. What...
About Loraine
I'm a literary novelist and recovering screenwriter. My books include THE SCANDALOUS SUMMER OF SISSY LEBLANC, THE BAD BEHAVIOR OF BELLE CANTRELL, and THE SOUTHERN BELLE'S HANDBOOK, SISSY LEBLANC'S RULES TO LIVE BY. My tag line comes from my second novel,...