Rebecca duBois-Guilbert

In the Charleston of 1820 slavery was a way of life. Josiah Cavanaugh was wealthy, educated and black; when he bought the white Irish slave Pegeen he was fulfilling his own dark fantasy. Pegeen, a slave since she was five, only hoped for a decent master. Neither of them expected the explosion of passion their joining would cause. Used in bed by several masters for their own pleasure, Pegeen had no idea of how enjoyable a woman could find sex. Josiah purchased the white girl on a whim; he never ... more info>>

In 1955 love between a white woman and a black man was forbidden. Having just divorced her cheating husband, Summer has returned home to the small town of Tarnton to decide what to do with the rest of her life. There she meets Griff Woods, son of her family's maid, who has come home from Europe for his mother's death. The attraction is instant, resulting in a passionate affair carried on in the moonlight at the old quarry pool, an affair that Summer wants to keep quiet at all costs. Griff wants ... more info>>