Belleford, Georgia, 1875. Evangeline Hartwell appears to be everything a Southern lady should be: graceful, devout, and untouchable. But beneath the satin and lace, she burns with a restless craving. Not for polite society suitors, but for the rough allure of drifters, the strength of railroad men, and the forbidden magnetism of a Black preacher whose sermons stir more than her spirit...
What begins as reckless indulgence grows into something far greater: a daring vision cloaked in piety. Together with her chosen preacher, Evangeline lays the foundation for the Daughters of Divine Mercy-a movement that masks desire with devotion and scandal with sanctity.
Southern Belle and the Daughters of Desire launches an audacious historical tale where passion knows no boundaries, propriety is only a mask, and one woman's unquenchable appetite may ignite a movement that changes everything.