Fleur — Richard Tresillian

Forbidden Passion--Forbidden Dark Desires....
Maddocks was the sweeping cotton plantation in Paxton County owned by Fleur's uncle Leo. And it was to Maddocks that Fleur journeyed, hoping to find a new life after the sudden death of her parents.

Beautiful, innocent and just sixteen, Fleur was enchanted with her new home. Uncle Leo would protect her. Jem Hayard, her handsome neighbour, would marry her. And she would become Mistress of Maddocks.

But at Maddocks, Fleur discovered the savage hell of black-white passion and hatred. In Jem's arms she found only lust -- not love. And when she saw Garland, her black slave, she knew the explosive excitement of forbidden passion and burning desire, the sweet agony of temptation to break the bonds of her Southern heritage...forever.