-HISTORICAL FICTION AUTHOR-
CECLY ANN MITCHELL
The Legacy - Book 1
For almost four decades, Rhys Le Noireau has been a man out of place, trying to fit pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of his life, together.
When his mother, Astral, is hospitalized in a coma, Rhys, a single, successful architect, is tasked with cleaning out her home and setting her affairs in order.
With his estranged twin sister, Renee, breathing fire down his neck, Rhys turns to Annalise Roach, Astral’s loyal Girl Friday, to guide him through the maze that is his mother’s life.
The items they find hidden within the pages of Astral’s most treasured possession - an ancient family Bible - open the portal to a life lived in another place and time.
A place that fits into his soul and forces Rhys to do the unthinkable.
Abandon everything and return to that place, Scotland Bay.
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The Chateau on the Hill - Book 2
Rhys Le Noireau is a conflicted man.
His mother Astral told him a lot of things, but she never told him that he was heir to a multi-billion dollar estate in the tiny Caribbean island of Trinidad.
While Astral lies comatose in a Washington DC facility, Rhys discovers not only has he, as the last surviving Le Noireau male, inherited the estate but the codicil of his Great-grandfather's will is explicit. He must return to Trinidad and live in the Le Noireau Chateau in Scotland Bay.
A village where no one has lived since 1941.
It has taken Annalise Roach a decade to finally get the attention of the man of her dreams.
As ‘Girl Friday’ to his mother, Astral Le Noireau, she has been there to comfort Rhys through his mother's illness and gently love him through life's storms.
Just when Annalise thinks she can relax and enjoy their relationship, the codicil in Jean Claude Le Noireau's will surfaces, ripping away her chance of happiness, and taking Rhys on a perilous journey through churning Caribbean tides, that wash him and their relationship upon the rocky shores of Scotland Bay at the foot of the Chateau on the Hill.
LE NOIREAU
There is nothing ruthless, conniving, solicitor Jean-Orleans Le Noireau can now do to have the inheritance returned. So he plots and plans and waits as his demure, sixteen year old niece, Astral stumbles through the loneliness and despair of orphaned existence in Scotland Bay.
Le Noireau set in the estate village of Scotland Bay and Port of Spain, Trinidad, at the midst of the Second World War weaves a tale of greed, murder and redemption of a family at the dawn of democracy in the Caribbean island.
THE RETURN
A Prologue to the Scotland Bay: The Return Series
On March 30th, 1981, the world awoke to news that would shake the Caribbean to its core: the death of Dr. Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago’s first Prime Minister, the “Father of the Nation.” In Washington, D.C., half a world away from Scotland Bay, two old friends meet in a modest diner, unaware that the choices they make and the truths they confront will ignite a chain of events stretching across decades, across oceans, and across generations.
Astral Le Noireau carries the weight of exile on her shoulders. Once the proud heir to Château Le Noireau, she has built a successful life in America, yet her heart remains tethered to the Caribbean soil that was taken from her family in 1941. Fierce, brilliant, and unafraid to speak her mind, Astral has spent her adulthood shielding old wounds beneath polished poise. But the sudden news of Williams’ death cracks her defenses wide open. Memory presses in, the past refuses to remain buried, and a rendezvous meant to be ordinary turns into a reckoning with all she has tried to forget.
Across the diner table sits Desmond Roche, Astral’s childhood confidant and the only man who knows the fullness of her secrets. Once inseparable in Trinidad, their bond has weathered time, distance, and betrayal. Desmond is steady where Astral is storm; practical where she is passionate. But he, too, is haunted by what was lost—the firelit nights of Scotland Bay, the political upheavals that shaped their families, and the dangerous entanglements that followed them to Washington.
This night, however, Desmond cannot simply be Astral’s anchor. Skeletons are tumbling from closets long kept locked. The past—of their families, of their betrayals, of their love and survival—will not be silenced. And in the wake of Williams’ passing, political tides in Trinidad threaten to drag them back into a struggle they thought they had left behind.
What begins as a quiet meal between old friends becomes a crucible:
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Truth or dare becomes more than a childhood game; it becomes a matter of survival.
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Loyalties and betrayals once whispered in shadow come to light in the harsh glare of the present.
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The promise of return—to Scotland Bay, to the chateau, to the island that shaped them—becomes both temptation and curse.
The Return is not merely a prequel. It is the spark that ignites the Scotland Bay: The Return series. Through Astral and Desmond’s fateful meeting, readers are drawn into a world where exile collides with memory, where love endures but is never simple, and where the past insists on shaping the future.
Rich with atmosphere, layered with history, and brimming with emotional depth, The Return introduces the central themes of the saga: displacement and belonging, friendship and betrayal, ambition and sacrifice, love and survival.
Step into the diner with Astral and Desmond on that pivotal March evening. Bear witness as their secrets unravel, as the ghost of Scotland Bay stirs, and as the first chapter of a sweeping, dual-timeline Caribbean epic begins.
Because for Astral Le Noireau and Desmond Roche, returning home is not just a dream.
It is destiny.
And it comes at a cost.
A Concoction of history intrigue and family conflict with the infusion of romance.
I couldn't put the book down figuratively, thankfully when you opened back the book it opened to right where you left off.
The imagery transported me back to the 1940s, smoothly bringing me back to present day.
The vivid descriptions the interactions amongst the characters invoked feelings of anger at the antagonist . It was so real . You could feel the tension, the passion between the lovers. An excellent read. Can't wait for the next book.
I loved the cover and am glad I stayed to read this book, it was a beautifully done romance with interesting characters. I liked that it took place in an area that doesn't usually get written about.Thrilling in the extreme, Le Noireau is a definite page-flipper.
