Seasoned With Love: Bayou Holiday Book 9

Two weddings. One kitchen. Zero chill.

The Carter House is about to host a holiday season like no other—with double the love, double the drama, and more secrets than side dishes at Sunday dinner.

Carter & Carter—the once-humble soul food pop-up—has become a thriving Black-owned Southern restaurant, serving up gumbo, oxtails, and second chances. But just as Dexter and Audrey prepare to say “I do,” Audrey’s carrying more than a bouquet—she’s carrying a secret that could shift everything.

Meanwhile, Damion is planning a wedding Ashley doesn’t know she’s the bride of. The Bayou’s about to witness a surprise Black love wedding that’ll stir up more emotions than Aunt Vi’s mac and cheese.

Between bridal meltdowns, missing guest lists, and Aunt Vi’s holy sabotage (complete with church worksheets and Sunday mimosas), the Carter family must navigate old wounds, new beginnings, and the generational recipe for healing. When a woman from Damion’s past arrives needing “closure,” the line between faith, food, and forgiveness starts to blur.

But in the Bayou? Love is slow-cooked. Faith is passed down. And peace isn’t found—it’s made.

This isn’t just a holiday romance. It’s a reckoning, a reunion, and a reminder that in this family?

Love never comes plain... it comes seasoned.