Lucinda Messalina's Fall from Grace
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A Tale of Love, Lust and Revenge: Literary Fiction
Forbidden fruits in the Old South: In the aftermath of the Civil War, a proper Virginia woman rebels against the morality policing of her times and encounters love across the lines of region and race.
Lucinda M finds herself tormented by the hounds of racial injustice where she least expects it.
Seeking refuge In Harlem, New York, her life is turned upside down - they jailed her man and another is dead as she battles a maelstrom of complications.
Will the light of redemption ever break through the darkness of post-war America?
Is serenity even possible in a world torn by so much ignorance?
Will Lucinda find her way out of the descent into darkness?
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