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Bayou Side of Secrets: Bayou Holiday Book 8
Paperback
Series: Bayou Holiday, Book 8
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 12 2025
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Damion Carter returns to his Louisiana childhood home for the first time in over a decade, he's expecting dust, maybe a will, and definitely a few ghosts.
What he doesn't expect is a man-Dexter-lounging in his late father's recliner, watching Saints highlights, and making the house smell like heaven thanks to a caramel cake and a smothered turkey.There's just one problem: Dexter looks just like him. Like, am I looking in a mirror with a gumbo stain? kind of similar.
Within minutes, their family lawyer, Alex Perez, drops the bombshell: their father had two families, six days apart. Two mothers, two sons, and a trail of secrets cooked low and slow over the course of thirty years.
Dexter, a local baker and proud Louisiana boy, wants nothing to do with his snobby California brother. And Damion, owner of a swanky L.A. car service, thinks Dexter's life is all sweat, sugar, and poor taste in throw pillows.
But their father's will includes one final request: Break bread together. Give thanks-together.
What begins as a tense truce over turkey turns into a war of sides, stories, and stuffing. Audrey, Dexter's girlfriend, tries to keep the peace, but it's her sharp, headstrong sister Ashley who throws Damion completely off-balance-with her sass, her honesty, and her sweet potato soufflé.
As the brothers learn to navigate resentment, rivalry, and ridiculously good food, Damion starts to remember what he left behind-and what he might've missed out on all his life. By the end of one chaotic, heartwarming Thanksgiving week, Damion doesn't just find a brother.
He finds inspiration. Love. And the beginnings of a culinary dream rooted in family, flavor, and forgiveness.
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