2021 IPPY silver medal for historical fiction, 2020 Chanticleer International Book Award 1st Place in Chatelaine contest, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist in first novel, 2021Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist, 2020 Finalist in Best Book Awards in art category.
 
Historical novel describing Degas's stay in New Orleans in 1872-73 as told by Estelle, his Creole cousin and sister-in-law. In 1970, Anne Gautier finds a journal written by a family member who knew Degas. Two stories intersect, and a painting of Estelle spells trouble.