The High Priestess of Dark Alley

Divorced and waging a battle with time that has scarred her soul, Claire Charbonet had long turned her back on love. But on her thirtieth birthday, and with the encouragement and support of her sister and sole confidant, Janee, she reluctantly opens her heart to the possibility.

Enter the girls’ mother, Celeste, referred to by those who know her best as The High Priestess of Dark Alley; a moniker garnered due to her disdain for any in the African American community not of Creole descent. Arriving unannounced at her daughters’ home with plans to repair Claire’s marriage, Celeste is appalled by her daughters’ new choice for a relationship. Iron-fisted as always, Celeste unapologetically sets out to show Claire the error of her ways. Janee, always the rebel, comes to the defense of her sister; laying much of the blame for Claire’s troubles in life firmly at Celeste’s doorstep.

As layers are stripped away from the three women, we discover each to be shackled in their own way by societal mores. But when an outsider attempts to sever the blood bond they share, the three women rally around each other; their love lighting a path to redemption for all.