Local Interest

After thirteen years of leasing space in the Denham Springs Antique Village, we have purchased a forever home for Cavalier House Books!

Just a stone's throw from our original location our new shop will be located at 114 N. Range Ave. We will keep you all posted on prospective opening dates, but for now we just wanted to share our excitement!

We are so grateful to Mrs. Florence Crowder. After operating Crowder Antiques for over twenty years, I know it was hard to let go but we are thrilled to be a part in this 100 year old building's new chapter!

A tour de force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation—and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there—is essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism. With six starred reviews so far, the book is now in paperback! 

1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family’s objections, to sit for a portrait.

Against the backdrop of the first all-female Mardi Gras krewe in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Diane McPhail’s mesmerizing historical novel tells of two strangers separated by background but bound by an unexpected secret—and of the strength and courage women draw from and inspire in each other.

Possums may steal your garbage…but with this book, they’ll also steal your heart!

A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen’s Mr. Wickham—one of literature’s most notorious villains—meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery featuring Austen’s leading literary characters.