Like Oil and Water
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Esther, Essie for short, is a slave on the Williams Plantation. Snatched away from her parents as a toddler and sold to Master Williams she grew up as a slave like her adopted mother. Essie is tired of the only life she knows, tired of the hard work, tired of the plantation, tired of keeping her head down. What will happen when she has a chance encounter with the one person she never thought she would see again: Gabriel Williams.
Gabriel Williams is the heir to the Williams Plantation. After being sent away to live with his Aunt and Uncle after his mother's untimely death he returns home with a new mind set and a mission. However, things have changed a lot since he left and he has a run in with one of the kitchen girls who he remembers from his early days.
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