Fourteen years after the end of slavery, Lord Henry Hardin and his wife, Lady Bertha, enjoy an entitled life in Union County, Arkansas. Until he faces a devastating reality: Bertha is unable to bear children. If Henry doesn’t produce an heir, the American branch of his family name will die out. So Henry, desperate to preserve his aristocratic family lineage, does the unthinkable.
When Salome, a former slave and Henry’s mistress, gives birth to a white-skinned, blue-eyed daughter, Henry orders a reluctant Lady Bertha to claim the child as their own…allowing young Margaret to pass into the white world of privilege.
As Margaret grows older, unaware of her true parentage, devastating circumstances threaten to shroud her in pain and shame…but then, ultimately, in revelation. Despite rumors about Margaret’s true identity, Salome is determined to transform her daughter’s bitter past into her secure future while Henry goes to extraordinary lengths to protect his legacy. Spanning decades and generations, marked by tragedy and redemption, this unforgettable saga illuminates a family’s fight for their name, for survival, and for true freedom.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A ONE STAR BOOK I completely disagree with the first one star review. Complainimg about ‘cliches’ was nothing more, and it was so apparent, than the reviewers own politically correctness coloring her judgment.Â
Couldn’t put it down…loved it! ? The story was gripping and good from the first page. I read five chapters of the book before looking up to see everyone had gone to bed! The writer takes us on not only the journey of infertility, uniquely, mainly from the male perspective, to slave relationships and blackmailing horrible mothers! I enjoyed the book and would definitely read another book from this author.
A Daughter to Avoid The only positive thing I can manage to say about this book is that it was a free Kindle First read. Free is good, but then there is certainly the matter of one’s time. I value mine too highly, so I cheerfully abandoned this sophomoric dreck early this morning after some 120 pages of the beginning of more than 400 pages, and read the last three or four of the forty-five chapters. That was enough, surely, to decide whether this was a good, bad, or indifferent read. Bad won.Â