Author

Publication

2009 - Berkley Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

89,250 words, Guess

Page Count

357 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780425227916
  • Open LibraryOL23971197M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3563.A3165 W53 2009
  • LCCPS3563.A3165W53 2009

Description

"In 1853, Carolyn Vinton is left alone and pregnant in Rio de Janeiro when her fiancé, abolitionist Dr. William Saylor, disappears. Grieving and desperate, Carrie is easy prey for William's stepbrother, Deacon Presgrove, who convinces her that William is dead and offers to take her back to the United States and marry her to give her baby a father. Carrie soon realizes that she has been betrayed at every turn by her new husband. Deacon's father is a proslavery senator, and Deacon plans to use Carrie's inheritance to support the cause. Carrie's love for William, and her powerful abolitionist views, have never died. When she discovers that William is alive and fighting to make the Kansas Territory a free state, she escapes the clutches of her husband to join him ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

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