A group of females crooks seduce a con artist in order to rob him of a priceless painting he has stolen from the mob. But what they don't know is that the con-artist has stashed the painting in a art gallery that happens to be home to an insane maniac.

Stephanie Beaton's occult thriller Evil In the Bayou concerns a private eye put on the case of a missing woman. The investigation forces the detective into a world of voodoo, human sacrifices, and satanic worship.

In this story about impoverished urban life, a woman named Kelly has to decide how much risk and sacrifice is worth the chance to get out of the ghetto. Stealing the 250,000 dollars that her fresh-out-of-prison boyfriend is hording from a bank heist, she makes a run for it, fully aware that if he finds her, she will be dead. Both of these people want a chance at a clean life, but after everything they must go through to get it, that life may turn out to be nothing but a dream.

When you truly love someone nothing else matters. As two young lovers struggle with raising a child, obtaining an education and finding employment, they must fight to save their love and overcome the doubts of others.