After the years of turmoil and tragedy, life at La Bonne Vie Plantation settled into placid contentment (or a semblance of such) ... until Nicolas (Nicky) Fontenot, prodigal son of Angelique and her brother Fran?ois, returns after years in a Texas prison, and Antoine Babineaux II returns to claim his father's name. At the heart of the story, and the hearts of Antoine and Nicolas, is beautiful, incorrigible Desir?e Fontenot, the image of her mother...