Celestine: The House on rue de Maine

In 1795 New Orleans, the Spanish controlled city struggles to rebuild after two devastating fires, and a young teenage girl is just as determined to leave her past behind and start anew. Celestine, the daughter of a Mississippi River prostitute spends most of her time hating herself, her life and the dirty men who rut with her mama. When she turns thirteen and her mama informs her she’ll be servicing the very men she hates, she has no other option but to run to the good nuns of the Ursulines Convent she encounters kindness and a different kind of life. After meeting the dashing ship captain Maurice Dubois, a man with his own past demons, Celestine allows herself to be truly loved for the first time. When a shocking turn of events leaves her with nothing more than her own wits, Celestine begins to realize the power her intoxicating beauty gives her over men including the debonair and infamous pirate Jean Lafitte.