Life is Simple
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Wanting to remain a young, free lady in the colonial American South is simply impossible. You must marry especially if you are part of the Bellemont family, perhaps one of the most wealthy families and producers of tobacco in Virginia. For their daughter, they have arranged a courtship between her and the dashing son of another wealthy family. Forced to comply, the young woman keeps her mouth shut and her mind open, but what happens when this well-off son does unspeakable things to the Bellemont's daughter? Will her family hear her pleas for help, or will she be stuck in a relationship with the vilest of men for all of eternity? With little social skills, extreme verbal abuse, and unbearable physical torture, the wealthiest of daughters confides in an unlikely friend who is there for her because no one else is. There is only one flaw that keeps her from her friend: status.
(First Chapter released: January 2021)
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