Wings of the Wind, A Historical Romance Set in Galveston, Texas 1850

Mercedes Lawless is the prosperous owner of the Lavender Dry Goods Emporium in Galveston, Texas in 1850. A man walks in one day and says his employer, a clipper ship captain, has won her store in a card game from an uncle she didn't know she had. Mercedes won't let her store be taken without a fight. She confronts Captain Andre Lafitte on his clipper ship, Wings of the Wind, which brings on a series of mishaps.
Captain and shopkeeper match wits over who has rightful claim to her store, who is going to find the lost uncle who has disappeared, and who really is in command. In end the two must come to grips with whether they stay the course in their own lives or join together and sail off into the sunset.