For her 16th birthday, Damita De Salvado receives a beautiful slave girl, Rissa, but mistreats her. When her family experiences hardships, Damita sells Rissa to a Christian doctor. Soon, Rissa is a wealthy, free woman, while Damita's family struggles to keep the plantation.
For her sixteenth birthday, Damita De Salvado receives a beautiful slave girl, Rissa, but mistreats her, revealing Damita's prejudice and hardening Rissa's heart. When her family experiences financial hardships, Damita grudgingly sells Rissa to a mysterious Christian doctor, Jefferson Whitman, who is Rissa's adopted brother. Now the tables have turned: Rissa is a wealthy, free woman, while Damita's family struggles to keep the plantation. Will both women find the love and security they long for?
Product Details
IMMORTELLES
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Product Weight: 0.82 lbs
Author: Morris, Gilbert
Author: Morris, Lynn
Publication Date: 2004-02-17
Language: English
Series: Creole
Publisher: THOMAS NELSON PUB
Dewey Decimal Classification: FIC
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780785268062