Damned If You Voodoo — Elle James

A doomed Voodoo spell creates chaos in the bayou... Desperate to bring back love in human form, Calliope Jobert's Voodoo calamity is unleashed on Bayou Miste. When a dead body surfaces in the bayou, the creature born of her botched spell is blamed. Calliope is in a race to prove to the sheriff's deputy her spell-bound being isn't the culprit. Ex-Navy SEAL Andre LeBlanc, the new deputy in town, has his first major crime to solve.Murder...Interviews with witnesses reveal sightings of a local resident, a red-head, clad in a flowing skirt and mud boots, chasing a strange man in the vicinity of where the victim was found. Already distrustful of women since his wife cheated on him while he was deployed, Andre is fully prepared to suspect the red-headed femme fatale, Calliope Jobert, of collusion in the dastardly deed.Though she proclaims her innocence and that of her elusive male companion of that night, her peculiar behavior and beauty bears further scrutiny. Andre risks falling under her spell as he joins her frenzied search for the true killer.As Calliope and Andre near the truth, their lives and that of the beast are in danger. Only love and wicked combat skills will see them through to a happily ever after.