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BOOK BLURB:
Privileged young Pieter may have grown up on a sugar cane plantation, but that doesn't mean he agrees with the way his father runs things. He falls in love with Joss, one of his father's slaves, and their affair sets off a chain of events that is destined to tear them apart.

When Pieter's father dies, he returns home hoping to find Joss. It's too late for their love, but maybe it's not too late for Pieter to find happiness. As he makes his way to America, Pieter realizes old conflicts still rage, and even as he finds a new love, danger stalks his every move.

Can Pieter learn to overcome the hate and fear that threaten to tear his world apart?

BOOK REVIEW:
Pieter Van Leyden is heir to a sugar Plantation in St. Martin and is in love with one of the slaves Joss. Due to circumstances beyond his control his father steps in and makes a mess of everything.

Pieter is then forced to leave only to come back after his father passes away and finds things are not the same. After some soul searching he leaves St. Martin once again and heads to Louisiana where he meets up with Sebastian Cane a man he met briefly years before but has never forgotten.

Once in the United States Pieter's passion arises and he has to make some decisions that will affect his and Sebastian's life in the short term. Will their love survive the War?

The book is one of historical significance as Ms. Woods has done a lot of background research on St. Martin in the 1850's and Louisiana in the 1860's describing to the reader what is going on in those two places and the attitude of the people at that tumultuous time. I think more than a romance this was also historical and the character development was awesome. I could see exactly what the characters looked like and what they were thinking. I could also feel as if I were in the Caribbean in the 1850's as well as in the deep south right before the Civil War.

Ms. Woods has outdone herself with this book and I would recommend this book for anyone who loves historical fiction and gay historical fiction.

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