Windhaven's Bounty — Marie De Jourlet

The Bouchard legacy has left its imprint upon the South, as generation after generation thrive on the belief that hard work and a strong family will endure, even as the turmoil of Reconstruction continues to tear asunder a young land. The legacy will triumph, though its individual members pass on... .

Heartbreak and tragedy visit Windhaven Plantation when Luke Bouchard attends a political rally with Alabama's Governor Houston, and a deranged man fires a shot at the governor. Luke intercepts the bullet and hours later dies at Montgomery Hospital in Laure's arms.

Left alone, Laure Bouchard decides to open a casino in New Orleans and to find a new manager for the plantation. Vulnerable, distraught, Laure disastrously misjudges the character of two men who could bring down the house of Windhaven... and all the Bouchard clan.