Deseré, a skilled seamstress and
slave, lives on a South Carolina cotton plantation. Fair-skinned and
astonishingly beautiful, she is owned by a kindly master and given
his permission to marry the man she loves, a carpenter enslaved on a
neighboring plantation. Yet when her master dies before her wedding
and his nephew inherits the plantation and its slaves, Deseré's
marriage is indefinitely postponed, pending consent from her new
owner.
Lawyer Anthony Sinclair arrives from
Ohio on the mend from a broken heart, leaving behind a career
derailed by scandal. Owning a plantation presents a vibrant
opportunity. Yet torn by inklings of abolitionist beliefs, Anthony
struggles with the damning prospect of owning human beings.
Upon first seeing the alluring Deseré,
Anthony is immediately dazzled by her golden skin, shimmering blond
hair and ocean blue eyes. Yet Deseré perceives the tall,
dark-haired and handsome “Masta” Anthony as rather stupid. He
knows nothing about running a plantation, nor being a planter. But
as long as he allows Deseré to marry the man she loves, she will be
happy.
Anthony, however, desires Deseré for
himself. To what lengths will he go to win the forbidden love of a
slave? Will owning Deseré be the only way Anthony can ever possess
her while her heart belongs to another man?
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4 comments:
I like the cover!
Thanks, William! Artist Terry Tolentino provided that beautiful portrait:).
I like the cover, too, and I will definitely buy a copy!
Thanks, Norma!
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