Smoke on the River — Anne Tedlock Brooks

Wealthy Llewellyn Saucier found his daughter Charmian his only consolation when his wife died. Charmian met Pierre Gregoire, a French peasant boy, and her father's over-protectiveness was to intertwine their destinies forever. This was St. Louis of the 1840s, the golden era of the city's development, a time of contrasts, when anything could happen.