A Tale of Love, Lust and Revenge: Literary Fiction Forbidden fruits in the Old South: In the aftermath of the Civil War, a proper Virginia woman rebels against the morality policing of her times and encounters love across the lines of region and race. Lucinda M finds herself tormented by the hounds of racial injustice where she least expects it. Seeking refuge In Harlem, New York, her life is turned upside down - they jailed her man and another is dead as she battles a maelstrom of complications. Will the light of redemption ever break through the darkness of post-war America? Is serenity even possible in a world torn by so much ignorance? Will Lucinda find her way out of the descent into darkness?