Foxglove

The year is 1848, and India Chetham is forced to abandon her comfortable life in Boston after the death of her wealthy father. Just as his will instructed, India and her two younger sisters are sent to Tennessee, to live under the custody of one of her father's old friends, Mr. Alexander Thompson, politician, veteran, slave owner, and former presidential candidate, at his plantation, called Foxglove.

India is less than enthused, to say the least. She hates the Tennessee heat, hates the fact that her new home is run by slave labor, hates how far away she is from her friends, hates how Mr. Thompson seems to constantly be testing her, and finds herself constantly butting heads with Mr. Thompson's adopted son, Elliott.

Here at Foxglove, India finds she has to prove herself more than she has ever needed to in her life. She brazenly stands up to Mr. Thompson, defending her sisters and family, and trying to make her opinion on slavery known. In secret, she begins to teach some of the slaves how to read and write, even going as far as helping them escape on the Underground Railroad.

During all of this, India and Elliott come together in ways that she would have never expected. And, she finds out some surprising family secrets invovling her mother...