BITTER ROOTS: A Novel - Softcover

Wyatt, Reginald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595253350 ISBN 13: 9780595253357

Publisher: iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

Explicit and shockingly bold, first time author Reginald Wyatt's passionate new novel skillfully reveals the sexually sinister events that surround a Louisiana family as it struggles to overcome an old voodoo curse that mysteriously brings death to the men who have been intimate with its beautiful women. Family matriarch, Elizabeth Estell Lafayette sets off a chain of supernatural events after she casts a black magic spell that tampers with an erotic fragrance the community root doctor has concocted to protect Elizabeth's naive daughter and granddaughter from the curse's deadly effects. Spans three generations, a page turning roller coaster ride of emotions.

About this title

Synopsis

This entertaining and emotionally passionate new novel, by this first time author, reveals the dark and sinister events that surround a Louisiana family as it struggles to overcome a voodoo curse that has tormented the love life of its beautiful women since the days just after slavery. In 1949 Elizabeth Lafayette, the family s matriarch sets off a chain of tragic events after she tampers with an erotic fragrance the community root doctor has concocted to protect her naive daughter and granddaughter from deadly effects of the curse. Explicit and shockingly bold, Reginald Wyatt skillfully touches on the social and cultural realities that have intimately affected all of our lives.

About the Author

Reginald Wyatt, online business man and avid story teller writes novels from his Southern California home where true-life adventures with the U.S. Navy, the research of family ancestries and a keen interest in the supernatural provide the rich substance for his torrid tales. Bitter Roots is the first in the series.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595253350
• ISBN 13: 9780595253357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 566