BLOOD BAYOU, a story of redemption and forgiveness, is set in a small town in Louisiana Bayou Country.  Because of her husband’s alcoholism, Camille St. James divorced Jack Vermillion after an accident resulting in a tragic injury that basically ended the life of a young law student.  Seven years later, Jack has turned his life around and is a minister.

Jack and Camille are reunited when Jack’s sister is murdered allegedly by a prisoner recently exonerated and freed through the Truth Project, an organization that Camille runs.  She is convinced the accused man, Chester Pelham, is innocent.  Jack believes Pelham isn’t and he blames Camille for freeing him.

Nevertheless, Jack is grateful for a chance for redemption in Camille’s eyes and hopes to win her back, but she is suspicious of his new-found faith and is determined to keep her distance.  Unsure of her own beliefs, she doubts his sincerity. God may have forgiven him, but she hasn’t!  Her focus is on finding the true murderer and thus clearing Pelham’s name.  But as she pursues her goal, someone is determined to stop her…by any means.  When her car is forced off the road into the deep dark waters of Blood Bayou, Jack is forced to accept that in naming Pelham the prime suspect in his sister’s murder, they’ve allowed a killer to walk free. 

So, in spite of their bitter past and the consequences triggered by Camille’s role in freeing Pelham, Jack and Camille join forces to find the real killer.  In so doing so, they come to a greater understanding of each other.  In the end, they embrace a new life together.