Caphatfield Stories

The sequel to "The Tie that Binds". When Nancy McCoy dies, she leaves a bloody legacy to her two daughters. Born of different fathers, devilish Linet and enigmatic Rose trust and depend only on one another. As children they are shuffled from the house of one McCoy relation to the next, shunned for Rose's dark skin and Linet's belligerent temper. They find themselves finally under the tyrannical protection of the former patriarch of the family, the broken Randall McCoy. The night his cabin burns to the ground, eighteen year old Linet and seventeen year old Rose are taken in by Cap and Cordelia Hatfield as an act of charity and goodwill for Jim McCoy while he is out west on business. Their presence disturbs the minds of the next generation of Hatfield men, Cap's two sons and Johnse's son, his only living child. Initially, Linet and Rose scheme to pursue their mother's desire of vengeance, something she imparted to them in full. However, the girls begin to see it is better to bury hatred with the long dead. But is it too late to turn their backs on their sins?

Fanfiction based on the History Channels Hatfields and McCoys. [Book is a rough draft - needs heavy editing] Chyna is a young ex-slave girl, she had been property of the McCoy's but now that the Civil war has ended she is free to go. After another night of Tolbert and Calvin McCoy taking her forcefully in the night, Chyna flees from the McCoy boys, they chase her across the river, to Ellison and his son Cotton. Confederate as they are, neither can turn a cold heart to the beaten ebony girl as the McCoy boys send their hunting dogs across the river after her. Elisson runs the Boys off and takes Chyna back to his families land. Chyna is made to take care and keep watch over Cotton while Ellison is away, and she is happy to do so, as she is grateful to both. but in this time, she catches the eye of William 'Cap' Hatfield and against their better judgement, they will follow their hearts in the middle of a war.