The Cajun Cowboy
Chapter One
Give me a buzz, baby ...
"I'm a born-again virgin."
Charmaine LeDeux made that pronouncement with a faint feminine belch
after downing three of the six oyster shooters sitting on the table
before her at The Swamp Tavern. She was halfway to meeting her goal
of getting knee-walking buzzed.
The jukebox played a soft Jimmy Newman rendition of "Louisiana, The
Key to My Soul." The jambalaya cooking in the kitchen filled the air
with pungent spices. Gater, the bald-headed, longtime bartender,
washed glasses behind the bar.
Louise Rivard-better known as Tante Lulu-sat on the opposite side of
the booth from Charmaine. She arched a brow at the potent drinks in
front of Charmaine compared to her single glass of plain RC cola and
looked pointedly at Charmaine's stretchy red T-shirt with its
hairdresser logo I CAN BL ... read full excerpt from The Cajun Cowboy ebook
