Although many of her books are part of a series, The Waiting Time appears to be a stand alone novel which is set in 1853 Georgia.
From the Cover:
Spirited Abigail Banes dreams her newly married life in coastal Georgia will be lived amid spreading magnolia trees, where lovers walk and whisper along blossom-lined paths. But her dreams are shattered when a fatal accident claims her husband, Eli, leaving her sole proprietor of thei rice plantaion - and the slaves that work the magnificent land.
