A family saga, a fictional historical love story set in New Orleans and Vacherie, Louisiana. The Civil War ruins plantation life and the agricultural economy of the South. Jacques dreams of living the quiet plantation life, but Celina, the Creole beauty he fell in love with, loves New Orleans. Shes a socialite, loves high society, the ritz and glamour of old New Orleans, adores grand balls, and loves being the belle of them. Jacques wants to give her the belle of the ball when it comes to plantation homes, and he buys a prime piece of real estate from her brother to build her the grand dame of them all on River Road in Vacherie, Louisiana. Nothing is too good for his little Creole beauty, his cher bebe. He hoped he wasnt building his plantation in the wrong place by choosing the banks of the Mississippi River, the hub of transportation, with talk of a Civil War. How would Jacques convince Celina to move fifty miles? Hed have to build Live Oaks Plantation before he brought her there. Otherwise, shed take one look at the place and run for the city she loved. He didnt think an alley of oaks would be enough to persuade her. He hoped the dazzling white splendor of his dreams would capture hers, too. Only time would tell. Celina loved the French Quarter and her home on Royal Street. She envisioned a grand home in the city, and shed be the mistress of the manor. How could Jacques expect her to move fifty miles away into swampy bayou country where there were no stores to go shopping? Couldnt he have found a superior piece of real estate in the city she loved? Didnt he realize she was born for the city? Even if he planted her in the bayou, shed never grow to be a sturdy oak there. Her roots were in the city. As the Civil War rages and gunboats steam up the Mississippi River, Celina must escape in a buggy through the woods before the shelling begins. Both her husband and her brother have told her not to worry her pretty little head about a Civil War since she had the entire Confederate Army to protect her. Now, she has only a Colt. Will it be enough? Visit the beautiful antebellum plantation home on the banks of the Mississippi River with an alley of shaded live oaks dripping in Spanish moss. Journey with Jacques and Celina, the plantations first owners, through their fictional historical love story and rediscover old New Orleans. Diseases ran rampant, tuberculosis and pneumonia among many others, but despite the Civil War and a disease-ravaged city, Jacques and Celina romance under the oaks and find love on the banks of the Mississippi. Love endures all and grows and flourishes like the sugarcane. Even when life as planters knew it is gone, romance under the oaks lives on. amazon/Romance-Under-Oaks-B-Robinson-ebook/dp/B00J7XJIYA/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395735698&sr=1-1&keywords=Romance+under+the+oaks
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