Return to Windhaven

Windhaven Saga #4

by Marie de Jourlet

In another great American Windhaven saga, the continuing chapters of the Bouchard family unfold against the backdrop of the turbulent Reconstruction years in the war-ravaged South. White against Black, Yankee against Confederate, carpetbaggers against Southern aristocracy--these are difficult times, even for the determined Bouchards.

While young Lucien Edmond fights to hold Windhaven Range in Texas and struggles to protect his family, despite continuing and relentless border raids, his father, Luke, married the beautiful and young Laure and starts a new life in New Orleans. Together, he and his bride resolve to share a destiny that will include Windhaven Plantation, as much a legend as a home, built with the blood, sweat, and tears of Lucien Bouchard, his grandfather. However, until a white Southerner can again hold land, Windhaven is far beyond their grasp.

But Luke is determined to surmount this and other overwhelming obstacles to carry out the dreams and aspirations of the noble Bouchard legacy. He will, one day, return to Windhaven.

Genres: Historical Fiction

552 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

A pseudonym used by Paul Little.

Reviews

[Misfit · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the fourth book in a fourteen book series, and this will be the last I will bother trying - it isn't worth the pain. I skimmed to about 2/3 of the way through and it finally hit the wall. There is no romance, nor any character I even give a damn about. You will get plenty of history imparted, but it's all imparted via endless exposition. Did I really need pages and pages and pages of planning a cattle drive to Kansas? Seriously?

Oh, and non-PC language warning and I'm not just talking about liberal use of the 'n' word.

[Rox · Rating 3 out of 5]

The fourth in the series and I’m seeing a pattern. The author seems to have only one type of male hero and applies it to most of the men in the family tree. Hoping the next eight has some surprises.