Raised in Louisiana, Loraine Despres brings her small-town magnolia-sweet charm, cynical humor, and experience growing up as a daughter of the South to this irresistible debut novel. A popular and prolific screenwriter, international writing consultant, and teacher, Despres now lives in Beverly Hills with her husband, Carleton Eastlake, who 15 years ago succumbed to the charms of this southern belle.

Books by Loraine Despres

The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell

by Loraine Despres

It is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote -- and in the little town of Gentry, Louisiana, narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragists, Belle Cantrell knows her behavior broke the rules. But sometimes she has to twist the rules a little, because they all say the same thing: "Don't."

The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc

by Loraine Despres