Jack Shelby: A Story of the Indiana Backwoods (1906)

It is 1745 and Bridie Clery lives in Maineland, where slavery is the norm. Bridie is a headstrong and independent young woman who loves her half-black twin nieces fiercely, and Finn is a groom in Bridie’s brother’s stables. When Bridie meets Angus she is instantly attracted to this handsome and suave stranger. But when Bridie and Finn find themselves in a desperate struggle to save the twins from once again facing the horror of being sold as slaves and Bridie herself faces the threat of abduction and murder, will Angus prove to be their deliverer? Or is he part of the problem? And what of Finn–who has never tried to hide his strong feelings for Bridie? Only one thing is certain–Bridie will never give up the fight to keep her nieces free, no matter what the cost. But maybe this time the cost will be just too high.