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"When tragedy strikes, Jasmine Houston must uproot her family from the Northern mill town of Lowell and take over her family's Southern plantation. Tensions are high, and the lives of the slaves they've promised to protect hang in the balance"--Provided by publisher.
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"The war is over, but at Fairhaven Plantation, Charlotte's struggle has just begun. Charlotte Fraser returns to her late father's once-flourishing rice plantation on the Waccamaw River, determined to continue his tradition of growing the special kind of rice known as Carolina Gold. But Fairhaven Plantation is in ruins, the bondsmen are free, and money is scarce.To make ends meet, Charlotte reluctantly accepts a position as tutor to the young daughters...
3) At fault
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At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin. Published at the author's expense, At Fault is the undervalued debut of a pioneering feminist and gifted writer who sought to portray the experiences of Southern women struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship.
Thérèse Lafirme is a Creole widow whose husband's death has made the Place-du-Bois plantation on the Cane River in northwestern Louisiana her sole responsibility....
5) Ham bones
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Mississippi Delta mysteries volume 7
Southern Belle mystery volume 07
Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 07
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Southern Belle mystery volume 07
Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 07
Thorndike Press large print mystery
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"A touring production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" brings murder and mayhem into the life of P.I. Sarah Booth when the costar, a much-despised diva and current lover of Sarah's old flame, is poisoned, and all evidence points to Sarah."--from NoveList.
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In rich, atmospheric mysteries set against the backdrop of modern-day Mississippi, Carolyn Haines has given the southern belle a brilliantly hip makeover. Now Haines and her unforgettable heroine, Sarah Booth Delaney, are back with a tale about skeletons in closets—and elsewhere.
Crossed Bones
Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. A born-and-bred Mississippi belle, she struggles to hold on to her family’s plantation and keeps...
Crossed Bones
Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. A born-and-bred Mississippi belle, she struggles to hold on to her family’s plantation and keeps...
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Intriqued by the stories in her ancestors' diaries about Puerto Rico, Ana Cubillas was determined to go there. When she meets twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, she marries Ramon and convinces them both that their destinies are on the sugar plantation they've inherited in Puerto Rico. When tragedy and hardships befall her, she's determined to hold on to the land that has become her home.
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Carolina cousins volume 1
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[2005]
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A young black man in the South shortly after the War Between the States, Jake strikes out on his own, hoping to outrun his master and the consequences of an angry deed. --- {Excerpt from back cover.}
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"By day, impoverished Southern belle Joelle Daughtry helps her sisters turn the rundown family plantation into a resort hotel. By night, under a male pseudonym, she pens articles in support of opening a school for former slaves. With the Ku Klux Klan gaining power, Joelle is playing a dangerous game. Then childhood enemy, and investor in the Daughtry house, Schuyler Beaumont takes over his assassinated father's candidacy for state office. To protect...
11) Splintered bones
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Mississippi Delta mysteries volume 3
Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 03
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 3
Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 03
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 3
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She may be a born-and-bred Mississippi belle, but it's been a long time since Sarah Booth Delaney was a pampered daddy's girl. Unwed and over thirty, Sarah has more important things on her mind - like trying to hang on to her family's plantation ... and coping with regular hauntings by her great-great-grandmother's nanny, a bossy busybody of a ghost who is set on marrying her off to the first eligible suitor who comes calling. But when a friend is...
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Best-selling author of contemporary romances, Meagan McKinney is renowned for her searing tales of suspense and passion. Stella St. Valliers, a self-proclaimed spinster, is determined to uncover the hidden treasure in her past and restore her beloved plantation to its once-grand stature. But when an injured Garrett Shaw sprawls across the expansive front porch, Stella quickly finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue. With the killer closing in...
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"In tumultuous 1860, South Carolina farmer Polly Burgiss struggles to protect both her land and the slaves who plant and tend her valuable cotton, while still reeling from the murder of her young brothers years before. This horrific crime has gone unsolved and unpunished--until now. When details of the brutal murder come to light, she must make decisions that will change not only her own life, but the lives of every person on her farm. With a strong...
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[2011]
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"Penniless, pregnant, and newly widowed immigrant Rachel Gordon doesn;t believe her situation could get any worse...until she meets her new neighbors. Shortly after the War of 1812, Rachel and her husband set out from England for a plantation in South Carolina, which he had purchased sight unseen. However, while en route, Tom Gordon fell overboard and drowned, leaving Rachel, frightened and alone, to make a home for her and her newborn. Can a battle-scarred...
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[2018]
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Anna Kingsley's life story adds a dramatic chapter to histories of the South, the state of Florida, and the African Diaspora. Both an American slave and a slaveowner and possibly an African princess, Anna was captured as a teenager in Senegal in 1806 and sold into slavery. Zephaniah Kingsley, Jr., a planter and slave trader from Spanish East Florida, bought her in Havana and took her to his St. Johns River plantation, where she soon became his household...
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