Born a slave, made an heiress, Annabelle must battle a society unwilling to accept her and a love that threatens to ruin her in order to keep her freedom. ***** Born a slave, Annabelle soon finds that fate has other plans when she's purchased by a man named Elijah Finley, who not only rescues her from an abusive master, but also gives her her freedom. However, her new life comes at the cost of another: Elijah has made Annabelle the heiress to his estate, in spite of having a son. So Henry Finley, unwilling to accept his father's will, is determined to regain his rightful fortune at any cost -- even if that means seducing his father's former slave... Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains some racist and sexist language that reflects the historical time period when it's set. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]]

I freeze at the sound of the all to familiar woman's voice, a voice I haven't heard in twelve years. I swallow and shake my head, gathering my thoughts, "Hey Gemma." "How're you darlin'?" She asks. "I'm good," I lie, "How did you get this number?" I ask, feeling my hands shake. "Clubs got connections, but that don' matter." She says dismissively. "How're you Gemma?" I ask, all of a sudden neverous. "I'm fine Darlin' but that's what I was calling you about." She says and I hear something in her voice. "What is it?" I ask, wondering what's going on. "It's Jax baby." She says and the breath leaves my body, immobilising me. "Baby, I need you to come home." She states. Emily Carter hadn't been home in over twelve years, leaving behind everything she loved. But when she's gets a phone call from the woman she considered her mother, begging for her to come home she had no choice. She comes back to Charming and soon things are as complicated as they were twelve years ago with both the club and its Vice President. Will things ever be the same as they were twelve years ago? Will Emily ever be able get back into the club life? Will the club ever find out the past that she's tried so hard to hide from them? Copyright @ree_louise