Danielle Arceneaux: Dreams of Glory, Gebunden

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In the dynamic new novel in this award-winning crime series, a young basketball phenom is being blackmailed, and Glory must navigate the ruthless world of college sports gambling before things turn deadly.

"Glory Broussard is a character for the ages."---The New York Times Book Review

Everything is finally falling into place for Glory Broussard. Her daughter Delphine has moved back to Louisiana to start a new legal practice and finally pursue a romance with Beau Landry. It doesn't take long for Glory to announce to everyone in town that her daughter is available for legal services, and for ancient Millie Broward---and her granddaughter Imani Breaux---to walk through the door with a troubling case.

A breakout college basketball star with the University of Lafayette, Imani is as electrifying as she is polarizing---brash and unapologetically aggressive on and off the court. But when she's suddenly suspended amid rumors of gambling, and whispers about her personal life spiral into something darker, her meteoric rise threatens to collapse overnight. Glory and Delphine are certain malign forces are at work to sabotage this rising basketball phenom.

Drawing on her years as a bookie, Glory soon finds herself immersed in the world of modern-day college sports, where NIL, social media, agents, and money blur the line between opportunity and exploitation. Naturally, Lafayette's prominent Benoit family is one of these influential boosters, and Glory and Delphine are dismayed to learn that Imani has become entangled with this morally dubious family. Glory soon realizes the threats to Imani---and her and Delphine---are closer than she could have ever imagined.

And if that weren't enough, a new priest joins Glory's congregation and is ruffling feathers in the parish and her long-standing friendship with Noah Singleton, owner of the town's popular coffee shop, begins to shift in ways she can no longer ignore.

Dreams of Gloryis a riveting and thrilling read that cements Glory Broussard as one of crime fiction's most delightful "character for the ages."