Cajun Books in Order
Part ofSandra Hill Books in OrderSee the Cajun books by Sandra Hill in order, with short summaries, series background, reading notes, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
10 books
The Love Potion
by Sandra Hill
1999
Chemist Sylvie Fontaine creates a formula meant to attract desire, then watches bad-boy lawyer Lucien LeDeux swallow it by mistake. Science, rivalry, and old-fashioned attraction turn her experiment into romantic trouble.
Tall, Dark, and Cajun
by Sandra Hill
2003
After dumping her fiancé, decorator Rachel Fortier flees to Cajun country and finds a stilt cabin, a pet alligator, and Remy LeDeux. Bayou life is messy, but Remy makes leaving look difficult.
The Cajun Cowboy
by Sandra Hill
2004
Charmaine LeDeux is hiding from a loan shark when ex-husband Raoul Lanier reveals they may still be married. A failing ranch, family chaos, and lingering heat make their unfinished business impossible to ignore.
The Red-Hot Cajun
by Sandra Hill
2005
Rene LeDeux is a bayou bad boy with charm to spare, but trouble follows fast when love, family, and local danger collide. Tante Lulu is nearby, which means nobody’s heart is safe for long.
Bayou Angel
by Sandra Hill
2009
Angel Sabato finally realizes he loves his best friend, Grace O’Brien, but she does not trust his change of heart. A post-Katrina good deed, Tante Lulu, and a houseful of children force old feelings into the open.
Cajun Crazy
by Sandra Hill
2017
Former Chicago cop Simone LeDeux returns home determined to avoid Cajun men. Then her new investigation agency tangles with corruption, danger, and Adam Lanier, a single dad who is harder to resist than she planned.
The Cajun Doctor
by Sandra Hill
2017
Burned-out pediatric oncologist Daniel LeDeux comes to the bayou and finds family, trouble, and Samantha Starr. With Tante Lulu matchmaking and danger circling Samantha’s family, healing becomes more personal than medical.
When Lulu Was Hot
by Sandra Hill
2017
This prequel looks back at young Louise Rivard before she becomes Tante Lulu. Love, grief, bayou healing, and Cajun stubbornness shape the woman who will one day meddle in everyone else’s romances.
Cajun Persuasion
by Sandra Hill
2018
Alaskan pilot Aaron LeDeux finds new purpose in Louisiana helping rescue trafficked girls. Fleur Gaudet, an almost-nun with a painful past, must decide whether safety means retreating from life or risking her heart.
Lulu's Recipe for Cajun Sass
by Sandra Hill
2020
Long before she becomes Tante Lulu, Louise Rivard is a grieving young Cajun healer trying to start over. A summer with doctor Justin Boudreaux stirs up sass, stubbornness, and a future neither of them planned.
Series background & context
Sandra Hill’s Cajun books are contemporary romantic comedies set mostly in Louisiana bayou country, with a big, loud, affectionate extended family at the center. The series begins with The Love Potion, where chemist Sylvie Fontaine’s experiment goes sideways when Lucien LeDeux becomes the wrong test subject. From there, the LeDeux clan keeps growing, arguing, matchmaking, and falling in love.
The person who ties much of it together is Tante Lulu, also known as Louise Rivard. She is a folk healer, meddler, prayer warrior, St. Jude devotee, and matchmaker who sees broken hearts as problems she is personally required to fix. She can be outrageous, but the stories treat her as more than comic relief. She is the family memory keeper, the bayou conscience, and the person most likely to push two stubborn people into the same room.
The tone is sunny, spicy, and broad. Expect second chances, family secrets, trouble with the Dixie Mafia, exes who are not quite finished, and heroes who talk a better game than they can actually live up to.
The setting matters because the bayou is not just scenery. Houseboats, family land, local gossip, food, music, storms, and old grudges all shape the romances. Outsiders often arrive thinking they can manage the place, only to find themselves humbled by mud, humidity, relatives, and one very determined auntie.
The series works best if read in order, because characters wander in and out of each other’s stories. Still, many books have a clear central couple and can stand alone. Start with The Love Potion if you want the beginning of the LeDeux world, or jump to Tall, Dark, and Cajun if you want the full bayou-family flavor right away.
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