Welcome to Matters of the Heart: a Creole Love Story by Mary M. Culver, Covington. An historical romance set in mid-19th century Louisiana. Torn by love and loyalty to his traditional plantation wife and his side family with a free woman of color in New Orleans, Emile de Marigny maneuvers love’s minefields, interrupted by a stint in the War with Mexico. Culver takes us into the vortex of this Creole dilemma. ISBN 978-0-9616377-8-1; trade paperback , 336 pp.