The Scent of Mint
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1800's America is structured by racism and built on slavery. With whites at the top and blacks at the bottom, the intersecting of these two groups is impractical. When it comes to love however, this structure fails to exist as a black slave woman and a white man begin to develop feelings for each other.
-The Scent of Mint, a historical romance by Atrissa.
Mentha's routine is labour from the the moment she wakes up to labour from the moment she lays her head at night. This is her life, and the reality is that it would be until her death. Mentha's future begins to look different when she forms a relationship with Clarence Bayne. There is an issue however, Clarence Bayne is the master's son, and Mentha is a house slave at Bayne Hall Plantation. Now, the two must face the difficulties of loving each other in a world that's destined to keep them apart.
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