A Sinner’s Legacy

The Children of Joe and Nell Billodeaux

who fulfilled the prophecy that they would have

twelve offspring, this way, that way, all ways.

Dean Joseph Billodeaux—Joe’s illegitimate son by a one-night stand with a woman who planned to shake him down for money. He is adopted by Nell who believes she cannot have children of her own. Current Sinners quarterback. (Wish for a Sinner)

Thomas Cassidy Billodeaux—a redheaded son who enters the family through an open adoption with a teenage mother. His birth father is Joe’s no-good cousin. He is a kicker for the Sinners. (Wish for a Sinner and Kicks for a Sinner)

Jude Emily Billodeaux—twin of Ann, conceived by in vitro fertilization using eggs purchased from Nell’s sister, Emily. (Wish for a Sinner)

Ann Marie Billodeaux (Annie)—Jude’s quiet twin. (Wish for a Sinner)

Lorena Renee Billodeaux (Lori)—first of Nell’s little frozen babies to be born, one of the triplets. (Kicks for a Sinner)

Mack Coy Christopher Billodeaux—second of the triplets to be born. (Kicks for a Sinner)

Trinity Billodeaux—youngest of the triplets and named for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, smallest of the three and in need of powerful saintly help to survive. (Kicks for a Sinner)

Xochi Maria Billodeaux—child of Joe’s no-good cousin by a young Mexican woman. She is Tom’s half-sister and is adopted into the family after the terrifying deaths of her parents. Her name means “blossom” in Aztec. (Kicks for a Sinner)

Teddy Wilkes Billodeaux—a child with spina bifida abandoned by his mother at Nell’s health care center and adopted by the family. He believed himself to be Joe’s natural son. (Paradise for a Sinner)

Anastasia Marya Polasky (Stacy)—daughter of Nell’s sister, Emily, and a bogus Polish prince. She becomes a ward of the Billodeauxs upon her parents’ deaths, but is never adopted by her own wish. She arrives on their doorstep the same day as Teddy. (Paradise for a Sinner)

Edith Patricia Billodeaux (Edie)—a normally conceived child, twin of Rex. (Love Letter for a Sinner)

Rex Worthy Billodeaux (T-Rex)—Edie’s twin brother and future Sinner’s quarterback, maybe. (Love Letter for a Sinner)

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Other books by Lynn Shurr

available from The Wild Rose Press, Inc.

The Sinners Series: Goals for a Sinner, Wish for a Sinner, Kicks for a Sinner, Paradise for a Sinner, Love Letter for a Sinner

A Sinner’s Legacy Series: Son of a Sinner, She’s a Sinner, Sister of a Sinner

The Mardi Gras Series: Queen of the Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Madness, Courir de Mardi Gras

The Roses Series: The Convent Rose, A Wild Red Rose, Always Yellow Roses

Single Titles: A Trashy Affair, An Ashy Affair, A Will of Her Own