Fleur — Rachel Delauney

Young Fleur's heart leaped at the sight of Maddocks plantation, surrounded by live oaks, its columns white in the sunlight. This would be her home. Its owner, her uncle Leo, would protect her. Jem Hayard, her handsome neighbor, would marry her. And all the black folk would be happy as her slaves...

But at Maddocks, she found only shelter -- not protection. In Jem's embrace, she discovered lust -- not love. And when she looked for happiness among the blacks, she saw only Garland. He was her slave, a man she owned, a man she burned to possess -- but could not have.