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What really happens at Mardi Gras?

AFTER MARDI GRAS ICE is two books in one! It is a revised edition of the original Mardi Gras Ice, AND the long-awaited sequel. ASK ANYONE IN NEW ORLEANS WHAT MARDI GRAS IS ALL ABOUT. They’ll say it’s letting your hair down, catching beads during parades, laughter, and crazy costumes. Then they’ll tell you it’s not just about those things, though. It’s also glittering balls and parties, and is the social season for the elite. But this year, Mardi Gras will be different. The Big Easy will be the setting for daring burglaries in the Garden District that net thieves millions of dollars in jewels—and for a scandal and tragedy that irrevocably changes the lives of many: DON, the greedy young executive who manipulates his insecure wife, TRISH, with his so-called love, but very real sexual prowess. Don will stop at nothing to get money and power—while he takes time to enjoy his French Quarter hooker, of course. GINA, Trish’s closest friend, who can do nothing to stop Trish’s downward spiral into depression. GRAHAM, the wealthy businessman living in a loveless vacuum in a Garden District mansion. SANDRA, the beautiful and talented French Quarter painter who Graham thinks is his key to happiness. In the sequel, included in this book, Kate Worrell brings closure to this exciting and intriguing tale of love, desire, deceit, and the desperate search for happiness while using the provocative backdrop of New Orleans.